PHP xml_set_character_data_handler() Function

xml_set_character_data_handler — Set up character data handler

bool xml_set_character_data_handler ( resource $parser , callable $handler )

The xml_set_character_data_handler() function sets the character data handler for the XML parser.

Sets the character data handler function for the XML parser parser.

This function specifies what function to be called when the parser finds character data in the XML file.

Example -

ParameterDescription
parserA reference to the XML parser to set up character data handler function.
handlerhandler is a string containing the name of a function that must exist when xml_parse() is called for parser.
parserThe first parameter, parser, is a reference to the XML parser calling the handler.
dataThe second parameter, data, contains the character data as a string.Character data handler is called for every piece of a text in the XML document. It can be called multiple times inside each fragment (e.g. for non-ASCII strings).If a handler function is set to an empty string, or FALSE, the handler in question is disabled.

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.