The simplexml_load_file() function converts the specified XML file into a SimpleXMLElement object.
SimpleXMLElement simplexml_load_file ( string $filename [, string $class_name = "SimpleXMLElement" [, int $options = 0 [, string $ns = "" [, bool $is_prefix = FALSE ]]]] )
Convert the well-formed XML document in the given file to an object.
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.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| filename | Path to the XML file (Libxml 2 unescapes the URI, so if you want to pass e.g. b&c as the URI parameter a, you have to call simplexml_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 | Namespace prefix or URI. |
| is_prefix | TRUE if ns is a prefix, FALSE if it's a URI; defaults to FALSE. |
Returns an object of class SimpleXMLElement with properties containing the data held within the XML document, or FALSE on failure.
This function may return Boolean FALSE, but may also return a non-Boolean value which evaluates to FALSE. Please read the section on Booleans for more information. Use the === operator for testing the return value of this function.