The DOMDocument::loadXML() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to load the XML file from a string.
Syntax:
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.
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::loadXML() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php   // Create a new DOMDocument $doc = new DOMDocument();    // Load the XML file $doc->loadXML( "<user>     <username>Geeks123</username>     <name>neveropen</name>      <address>          <phone>+91-XXXXXXXXXX</phone>         <email>abc@geeksforgeeks.org</email>     </address> </user>");    // Create XML file and display it echo $doc->saveHTML();    ?> |
Output:
<user>
<username>Geeks123</username>
<name>neveropen</name>
<address>
<phone>+91-XXXXXXXXXX</phone>
<email>abc@geeksforgeeks.org</email>
</address>
</user>
Program 2:
<?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>neveropen</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:
<!--Starting of XML document-->
<user>
<username>Geeks123</username>
<name>neveropen</name>
<address>
<phone>+91-XXXXXXXXXX</phone>
<email>abc@geeksforgeeks.org</email>
</address>
</user><!--Ending of XML document-->
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/domdocument.loadxml.php
