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simplexml_load_file
Interprets an XML file into an object
(PHP 5)
object simplexml_load_file ( string filename [, string class_name [, int options [, string ns [, bool is_prefix]]]] )
Parameters
- filename
Path to the XML file
Note:Libxml 2 unescapes the URI, so if you want to pass e.g.
b&cas the URI parametera, you have to callsimplexml_load_file(rawurlencode('http://example.com/?a=' . urlencode('b&c'))). Since PHP 5.1.0 you don't need to do this because PHP will do it for you.- class_name
You may use this optional parameter so that simplexml_load_file() will return an object of the specified class. That class should extend the SimpleXMLElement class.
- options
Since PHP 5.1.0 and Libxml 2.6.0, you may also use the options parameter to specify additional Libxml parameters.
- ns
- is_prefix
Return Values
Returns an object of class SimpleXMLElement with
properties containing the data held within the XML document. On errors, it
will return FALSE.
Examples
Example 2262. Interpret an XML document
<?php
// The file test.xml contains an XML document with a root element
// and at least an element /[root]/title.
if (file_exists('test.xml')) {
$xml = simplexml_load_file('test.xml');
print_r($xml);
} else {
exit('Failed to open test.xml.');
}
?>This script will display, on success:
SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[title] => Example Title
...
)
At this point, you can go about using $xml->title
and any other elements.