PHP | DOMDocument loadXML() Function
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30 Aug, 2019
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The DOMDocument::loadXML() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to load the XML file from a string.
Syntax:
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mixed DOMDocument::loadXML( string $source, int $options = 0 )Parameters: This function accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below:
- $source: This parameter holds the string containing the XML document.
- $options: This parameter holds the Bitwise OR of the libxml option constants.
<?php
// Create a new DOMDocument
$doc = new DOMDocument();
// Load the XML file
$doc->loadXML(
"<user>
<username>Geeks123</username>
<name>GeeksforGeeks</name>
<address>
<phone>+91-XXXXXXXXXX</phone>
<email>abc@geeksforgeeks.org</email>
</address>
</user>");
// Create XML file and display it
echo $doc->saveHTML();
?>
Output:
Program 2:
<user> <username>Geeks123</username> <name>GeeksforGeeks</name> <address> <phone>+91-XXXXXXXXXX</phone> <email>abc@geeksforgeeks.org</email> </address> </user>
<?php
// Create new DOMDocument
$doc = new DOMDocument();
// Create a comment document
$comm1 = $doc->createComment('Starting of XML document');
// Append element to the document
$doc->appendChild($comm1);
// Create XML file and display it
echo $doc->saveHTML();
// Load the XML file
$doc->loadXML(
"<user>
<username>Geeks123</username>
<name>GeeksforGeeks</name>
<address>
<phone>+91-XXXXXXXXXX</phone>
<email>abc@geeksforgeeks.org</email>
</address>
</user>");
// Create comment element
$comm2 = $doc->createComment('Ending of XML document');
// Append element to the document
$doc->appendChild($comm2);
// Create XML element and display it
echo $doc->saveHTML();
?>
Output:
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/domdocument.loadxml.php
<!--Starting of XML document--> <user> <username>Geeks123</username> <name>GeeksforGeeks</name> <address> <phone>+91-XXXXXXXXXX</phone> <email>abc@geeksforgeeks.org</email> </address> </user><!--Ending of XML document-->