The DOMDocument::load() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to load an XML document from a file.
Syntax:
mixed DOMDocument::load( string $filename, int $options = 0 )
Parameters: This function accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below:
- $filename: This parameter holds the path to the XML document.
- $options: This parameter holds the Bitwise OR of the libxml option constants.
Return Value: This function returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. This function returns a DOMDocument if it is called statically or FALSE on failure.
Below programs illustrate the DOMDocument::load() function in PHP:
gfg.xml
<user>Â Â Â Â Â <username>Geeks123</username>Â Â Â Â Â <name>neveropen</name>Â Â Â Â Â Â <address>Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â <phone>+91-XXXXXXXXXX</phone> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â <email>abc@geeksforgeeks.org</email> Â Â Â Â </address>Â </user>Â |
Program:
<?php   // Create a new DOMDocument $doc = new DOMDocument();   // Load the XML file to the document $doc->load('gfg.xml');   // Create a XML document and display it echo $doc->saveXML();   ?> |
Output:
<user>
<username>Geeks123</username>
<name>neveropen</name>
<address>
<phone>+91-XXXXXXXXXX</phone>
<email>abc@geeksforgeeks.org</email>
</address>
</user>
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/domdocument.load.php
