domxml_open_file()

domxml_open_file - Creates a DOM object from an XML file

Syntax

DomDocument domxml_open_file (string $filename, int $mode, array &$error)

Arguments

• filename - The path to the XML file. The file is accessed in read-only mode.
• mode - This optional parameter can be used to change the behavior of this function. You can use one of the following constants for it: DOMXML_LOAD_PARSING (default), DOMXML_LOAD_VALIDATING or DOMXML_LOAD_RECOVERING. You can add to it also DOMXML_LOAD_DONT_KEEP_BLANKS, DOMXML_LOAD_SUBSTITUTE_ENTITIES and DOMXML_LOAD_COMPLETE_ATTRS by bitwise or.
• error - If used, it will contain the error messages. error must be passed in by reference.

Description

The function parses the XML document in the given file.

Version

PHP 4.2.0

Return value

Returns a DomDocumentinstance of the given file.