PHP xml_get_current_column_number() function
Definition and Usage
The xml_get_current_column_number() function retrieves the current column number of the XML parser.
syntax
xml_get_current_byte_index(parser)
| parameters | description |
|---|---|
| parser | necessary. Specify the XML parser to be used. |
indication
if parser parameter does not point to a valid parser, the function will return false. Otherwise, it will return the line number of the specified parser (by the function xml_get_current_line_number() the current column number of the given)
Example
<?php
// Invalid XML file
$xmlfile = 'test.xml';
$xmlparser = xml_parser_create();
// Open the file and read the data
$fp = fopen($xmlfile, 'r');
while ($xmldata = fread($fp, 4096))
{
// parse the data chunk
if (!xml_parse($xmlparser,$xmldata,feof($fp)))
{
die( print "ERROR: "
. xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xmlparser))
. "<br />"
. "Line: "
. xml_get_current_line_number($xmlparser)
. "<br />"
. "Column: "
. xml_get_current_column_number($xmlparser)
. "<br />");
}
}
xml_parser_free($xmlparser);
?>
Output:
ERROR: Mismatched tag Line: 8 Column: 61
