SimpleXMLElement::__construct
(PHP 5 >= 5.0.1)
SimpleXMLElement::__construct — Creates a new SimpleXMLElement object
Description
Creates a new SimpleXMLElement object.
Parameters
- data
-
A well-formed XML string or the path or URL to an XML document if data_is_url is TRUE.
- options
-
Optionally used to specify additional Libxml parameters.
- data_is_url
-
By default, data_is_url is FALSE. Use TRUE to specify that data is a path or URL to an XML document instead of string data.
- ns
-
- is_prefix
-
Return Values
Returns a SimpleXMLElement object representing data.
Errors/Exceptions
Produces an E_WARNING error message for each error found in the XML data and throws an exception if errors were detected.
Use libxml_use_internal_errors() to suppress all XML errors, and libxml_get_errors() to iterate over them afterwards.
Examples
Note:
Listed examples may include example.php, which refers to the XML string found in the first example of the basic usage guide.
Example #1 Create a SimpleXMLElement object
<?php
include 'example.php';
$sxe = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstr);
echo $sxe->movie[0]->title;
?>
The above example will output:
PHP: Behind the Parser
Example #2 Create a SimpleXMLElement object from a URL
<?php
$sxe = new SimpleXMLElement('http://example.org/document.xml', NULL, TRUE);
echo $sxe->asXML();
?>
See Also
- simplexml_load_string() - Interprets a string of XML into an object
- simplexml_load_file() - Interprets an XML file into an object
- Dealing with XML errors
- libxml_use_internal_errors() - Disable libxml errors and allow user to fetch error information as needed