PHP-XML Read File Example

This section contains the detail about the reading xml file in PHP.

PHP-XML Read File Example:

Through this example, we will read xml file if file exist, otherwise give a message for the user.

First of all we will load the xml file using "simplexml_load_file("xmlfilename.xml")" function.

The simplexml_load_file() function loads an XML document into an object. This function returns FALSE on failure.

Syntax :

simplexml_load_file(file, class, options, ns, is_prefix) ;

 file  : required specifies the XML document to use

class : optional specifies the class of the new object

options : optional

ns : optional

is_prefix : optional

After load the xml file the php print_r() method print the child of the root element in the file.

Example :

<?php

if (file_exists('root.xml'))

{

$xml_file = simplexml_load_file('root.xml'); 

print_r($xml_file);

} 

else 

{

exit('root.xml cannot open.');

}

?>

The root.xml file is

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<child1>clied1 text</child1>
<child2>clied2 text</child2>
</root>

After running this example user see the output as:

Output:

SimpleXMLElement Object ( [child1] => clied1 text
                                              [child2] => clied2 text )

Note: Before running this example user create a root.xml file.

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