DOMDocument::loadXML

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

Load XML from a string

public mixed DOMDocument::loadXML ( string $source [, int $options = 0 ] )

Loads an XML document from a string.

Parameters:

source

The string containing the XML.

options

Bitwise OR of the libxml option constants.

Returns:

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. If called statically, returns a DOMDocument or FALSE on failure.

Exception:

If an empty string is passed as the source, a warning will be generated. This warning is not generated by libxml and cannot be handled using libxml's error handling functions.

This method may be called statically, but will issue an E_STRICT error.

Examples:

Creating a Document

<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->loadXML('<root><node/></root>');
echo $doc->saveXML();
?>

Static invocation of loadXML

<?php
// Issues an E_STRICT error
$doc = DOMDocument::loadXML('<root><node/></root>');
echo $doc->saveXML();
?>