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
