SimpleXML

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SimpleXML is a PHP extension that allows users to easily^[1][2] manipulate/use XML data. It was introduced in PHP 5 as an object oriented approach to the XML DOM providing an object that can be processed with normal property selectors and array iterators.^[3][4] It represents an easy way of getting an element's attributes and textual content if you know the XML document's structure or layout.^[5]

Compared to DOM or the Expat parser, SimpleXML takes a fewer lines of code to read text data from an element.^[6][7]

Functions[]

• addAttribute()^[8]
• addChild()
• asXML()
• attributes()
• children()
• __construct()
• getDocNamespaces()
• getName()
• getNamespaces()
• registerXPathNamespace()
• xpath()
• simplexml_import_dom
• simplexml_load_file
• simplexml_load_string

Error handling[]

It is possible to suppress all XML errors when loading the document and then iterate over the errors.^[9]

References[]

External links[]

• PHP.net's SimpleXML manual
• AIP Conf. Proc. 1497, pp. 395-401; Speed up of XML parsers with PHP language implementation
• devshed SimpleXML Tutorial

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