PHP simplexml_load_file() function

Definition and Usage

The simplexml_load_file() function loads an XML document into an object.

if failed, return false.

grammar

simplexml_load_file(fail,class,options,ns,is_prefix)
parameter description
fail Wajib. Tentukan dokumen XML yang digunakan.
class Pilihan. Tentukan class objek baru.
options Pilihan. Tentukan parameter Libxml tambahan.
ns Pilihan.
is_prefix Pilihan.

Balikan

Mengembalikan objek SimpleXMLElement yang propertinya mengandungi data dokumen XML. Jika gagal, mengembalikan false.

Contoh

Fail XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<note>
<to>George</to>
<from>John</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>Don't forget the meeting!</body>
</note>

Kode PHP:

<?php
if (file_exists('test.xml'))
  {
  $xml = simplexml_load_file('test.xml');
  var_dump($xml);
  }
else
  {
  exit('Error.');
  }
?>

Output:

object(SimpleXMLElement)#1 (4)
{
["to"]=> string(4) "George"
["from"]=> string(4) "John"
["heading"]=> string(8) "Reminder"
["body"]=> string(29) "Don't forget the meeting!"
}