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simplexml_load_file()

simplexml_load_file - Interprets an XML file into an object

Syntax

object simplexml_load_file (string $filename, string $class_name, int $options, string $ns, bool $is_prefix)

Arguments

  • filename - Path to the XML file Note: Libxml 2 unescapes the URI, so if you want to pass e.g. b&cas the URI parameter a, you have to call simplexml_load_file(rawurlencode(\'http://example.com/?a=\'. urlencode(\'b&c\'))). Since PHP 5.1.0 you don\'t need to do this because PHP will do it for you.
  • class_name - You may use this optional parameter so that simplexml_load_file() will return an object of the specified class. That class should extend the SimpleXMLElement class.
  • options - Since PHP 5.1.0 and Libxml 2.6.0, you may also use the options parameter to specify additional Libxml parameters.
  • ns
  • is_prefix

Description

Convert the well-formed XML document in the given file to an object.

Version

PHP 5

Return value

Returns an object of class SimpleXMLElement with properties containing the data held within the XML document. On errors, it will return FALSE.