(PHP 5, PHP 7)
Validates the document based on its DTD
public bool DOMDocument::validate ( void )
Validates the document based on its DTD.
You can also use the validateOnParse property of DOMDocument to make a DTD validation.
Returns:
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. If the document have no DTD attached, this method will return FALSE.
Examples:
Example of DTD validation
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | <?php$dom = new DOMDocument;$dom->Load('book.xml');if ($dom->validate()) { echo "This document is valid!\n";}?> |
You can also validate your XML file while loading it:
1 2 3 4 5 | <?php$dom = new DOMDocument;$dom->validateOnParse = true;$dom->Load('book.xml');?> |
See also:
DOMDocument::schemaValidate() -
DOMDocument::schemaValidateSource() -
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