(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
<?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:
<?php $dom = new DOMDocument; $dom->validateOnParse = true; $dom->Load('book.xml'); ?>
See also:
DOMDocument::schemaValidate() -
DOMDocument::schemaValidateSource() -
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