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<h1 class="title">The XMLReader class</h1>
<div class="partintro"><p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)</p>
<div class="section" id="xmlreader.intro">
<h2 class="title">Introduction</h2>
<p class="para">
The XMLReader extension is an XML Pull parser. The reader acts as a
cursor going forward on the document stream and stopping at each node
on the way.
</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="xmlreader.synopsis">
<h2 class="title">Class synopsis</h2>
<div class="classsynopsis">
<div class="ooclass"></div>
<div class="classsynopsisinfo">
<span class="ooclass">
<strong class="classname">XMLReader</strong>
</span>
{</div>
<div class="classsynopsisinfo classsynopsisinfo_comment">/* Constants */</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">const</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="fieldsynopsis_varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.constants.none"><var class="varname">NONE</var></a></var>
<span class="initializer"> = 0</span>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">const</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="fieldsynopsis_varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.constants.element"><var class="varname">ELEMENT</var></a></var>
<span class="initializer"> = 1</span>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">const</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="fieldsynopsis_varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.constants.attribute"><var class="varname">ATTRIBUTE</var></a></var>
<span class="initializer"> = 2</span>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">const</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="fieldsynopsis_varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.constants.text"><var class="varname">TEXT</var></a></var>
<span class="initializer"> = 3</span>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">const</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="fieldsynopsis_varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.constants.cdata"><var class="varname">CDATA</var></a></var>
<span class="initializer"> = 4</span>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">const</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="fieldsynopsis_varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.constants.entity-ref"><var class="varname">ENTITY_REF</var></a></var>
<span class="initializer"> = 5</span>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">const</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="fieldsynopsis_varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.constants.entity"><var class="varname">ENTITY</var></a></var>
<span class="initializer"> = 6</span>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">const</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="fieldsynopsis_varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.constants.pi"><var class="varname">PI</var></a></var>
<span class="initializer"> = 7</span>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">const</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="fieldsynopsis_varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.constants.comment"><var class="varname">COMMENT</var></a></var>
<span class="initializer"> = 8</span>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">const</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="fieldsynopsis_varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.constants.doc"><var class="varname">DOC</var></a></var>
<span class="initializer"> = 9</span>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">const</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="fieldsynopsis_varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.constants.doc-type"><var class="varname">DOC_TYPE</var></a></var>
<span class="initializer"> = 10</span>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">const</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="fieldsynopsis_varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.constants.doc-fragment"><var class="varname">DOC_FRAGMENT</var></a></var>
<span class="initializer"> = 11</span>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">const</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="fieldsynopsis_varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.constants.notation"><var class="varname">NOTATION</var></a></var>
<span class="initializer"> = 12</span>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">const</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="fieldsynopsis_varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.constants.whitespace"><var class="varname">WHITESPACE</var></a></var>
<span class="initializer"> = 13</span>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">const</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="fieldsynopsis_varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.constants.significant-whitespace"><var class="varname">SIGNIFICANT_WHITESPACE</var></a></var>
<span class="initializer"> = 14</span>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">const</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="fieldsynopsis_varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.constants.end-element"><var class="varname">END_ELEMENT</var></a></var>
<span class="initializer"> = 15</span>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">const</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="fieldsynopsis_varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.constants.end-entity"><var class="varname">END_ENTITY</var></a></var>
<span class="initializer"> = 16</span>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">const</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="fieldsynopsis_varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.constants.xml-declaration"><var class="varname">XML_DECLARATION</var></a></var>
<span class="initializer"> = 17</span>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">const</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="fieldsynopsis_varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.constants.loaddtd"><var class="varname">LOADDTD</var></a></var>
<span class="initializer"> = 1</span>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">const</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="fieldsynopsis_varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.constants.defaultattrs"><var class="varname">DEFAULTATTRS</var></a></var>
<span class="initializer"> = 2</span>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">const</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="fieldsynopsis_varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.constants.validate"><var class="varname">VALIDATE</var></a></var>
<span class="initializer"> = 3</span>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">const</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="fieldsynopsis_varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.constants.subst-entities"><var class="varname">SUBST_ENTITIES</var></a></var>
<span class="initializer"> = 4</span>
;</div>
<div class="classsynopsisinfo classsynopsisinfo_comment">/* Properties */</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="modifier">readonly</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.props.attributecount">$<var class="varname">attributeCount</var></a></var>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="modifier">readonly</span>
<span class="type">string</span>
<var class="varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.props.baseuri">$<var class="varname">baseURI</var></a></var>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="modifier">readonly</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.props.depth">$<var class="varname">depth</var></a></var>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="modifier">readonly</span>
<span class="type">bool</span>
<var class="varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.props.hasattributes">$<var class="varname">hasAttributes</var></a></var>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="modifier">readonly</span>
<span class="type">bool</span>
<var class="varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.props.hasvalue">$<var class="varname">hasValue</var></a></var>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="modifier">readonly</span>
<span class="type">bool</span>
<var class="varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.props.isdefault">$<var class="varname">isDefault</var></a></var>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="modifier">readonly</span>
<span class="type">bool</span>
<var class="varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.props.isemptyelement">$<var class="varname">isEmptyElement</var></a></var>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="modifier">readonly</span>
<span class="type">string</span>
<var class="varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.props.localname">$<var class="varname">localName</var></a></var>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="modifier">readonly</span>
<span class="type">string</span>
<var class="varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.props.name">$<var class="varname">name</var></a></var>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="modifier">readonly</span>
<span class="type">string</span>
<var class="varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.props.namespaceuri">$<var class="varname">namespaceURI</var></a></var>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="modifier">readonly</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<var class="varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.props.nodetype">$<var class="varname">nodeType</var></a></var>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="modifier">readonly</span>
<span class="type">string</span>
<var class="varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.props.prefix">$<var class="varname">prefix</var></a></var>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="modifier">readonly</span>
<span class="type">string</span>
<var class="varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.props.value">$<var class="varname">value</var></a></var>
;</div>
<div class="fieldsynopsis">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="modifier">readonly</span>
<span class="type">string</span>
<var class="varname"><a href="class.xmlreader.html#xmlreader.props.xmllang">$<var class="varname">xmlLang</var></a></var>
;</div>
<div class="classsynopsisinfo classsynopsisinfo_comment">/* Methods */</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.close.html" class="methodname">close</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="type">DOMNode</span>
<span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.expand.html" class="methodname">expand</a></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.domnode.html" class="type DOMNode">DOMNode</a></span> <code class="parameter">$basenode</code></span>
] )</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="type">string</span>
<span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.getattribute.html" class="methodname">getAttribute</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$name</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="type">string</span>
<span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.getattributeno.html" class="methodname">getAttributeNo</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$index</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.getattributens.html" class="methodname">getAttributeNs</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$localName</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$namespaceURI</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.getparserproperty.html" class="methodname">getParserProperty</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$property</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.isvalid.html" class="methodname">isValid</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="type">bool</span>
<span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.lookupnamespace.html" class="methodname">lookupNamespace</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$prefix</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="type">bool</span>
<span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.movetoattribute.html" class="methodname">moveToAttribute</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$name</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="type">bool</span>
<span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.movetoattributeno.html" class="methodname">moveToAttributeNo</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$index</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="type">bool</span>
<span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.movetoattributens.html" class="methodname">moveToAttributeNs</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$localName</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$namespaceURI</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.movetoelement.html" class="methodname">moveToElement</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.movetofirstattribute.html" class="methodname">moveToFirstAttribute</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.movetonextattribute.html" class="methodname">moveToNextAttribute</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="type">bool</span>
<span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.next.html" class="methodname">next</a></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$localname</code></span>
] )</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="type">bool</span>
<span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.open.html" class="methodname">open</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$URI</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$encoding</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$options</code><span class="initializer"> = 0</span></span>
]] )</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.read.html" class="methodname">read</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.readinnerxml.html" class="methodname">readInnerXML</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.readouterxml.html" class="methodname">readOuterXML</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.readstring.html" class="methodname">readString</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="type">bool</span>
<span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.setparserproperty.html" class="methodname">setParserProperty</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$property</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">bool</span> <code class="parameter">$value</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="type">bool</span>
<span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.setrelaxngschema.html" class="methodname">setRelaxNGSchema</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$filename</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="type">bool</span>
<span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.setrelaxngschemasource.html" class="methodname">setRelaxNGSchemaSource</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$source</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.setschema.html" class="methodname">setSchema</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$filename</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="type">bool</span>
<span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.xml.html" class="methodname">xml</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$source</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$encoding</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$options</code><span class="initializer"> = 0</span></span>
]] )</div>
}</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="xmlreader.props">
<h2 class="title">Properties</h2>
<dl>
<dt id="xmlreader.props.attributecount">
<span class="term"><var class="varname"><var class="varname">attributeCount</var></var></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The number of attributes on the node
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.props.baseuri">
<span class="term"><var class="varname"><var class="varname">baseURI</var></var></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">The base URI of the node</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.props.depth">
<span class="term"><var class="varname"><var class="varname">depth</var></var></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">Depth of the node in the tree, starting at 0</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.props.hasattributes">
<span class="term"><var class="varname"><var class="varname">hasAttributes</var></var></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">Indicates if node has attributes</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.props.hasvalue">
<span class="term"><var class="varname"><var class="varname">hasValue</var></var></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">Indicates if node has a text value</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.props.isdefault">
<span class="term"><var class="varname"><var class="varname">isDefault</var></var></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">Indicates if attribute is defaulted from DTD</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.props.isemptyelement">
<span class="term"><var class="varname"><var class="varname">isEmptyElement</var></var></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">Indicates if node is an empty element tag</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.props.localname">
<span class="term"><var class="varname"><var class="varname">localName</var></var></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">The local name of the node</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.props.name">
<span class="term"><var class="varname"><var class="varname">name</var></var></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">The qualified name of the node</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.props.namespaceuri">
<span class="term"><var class="varname"><var class="varname">namespaceURI</var></var></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">The URI of the namespace associated with the node</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.props.nodetype">
<span class="term"><var class="varname"><var class="varname">nodeType</var></var></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">The node type for the node</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.props.prefix">
<span class="term"><var class="varname"><var class="varname">prefix</var></var></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">The prefix of the namespace associated with the node</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.props.value">
<span class="term"><var class="varname"><var class="varname">value</var></var></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">The text value of the node</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.props.xmllang">
<span class="term"><var class="varname"><var class="varname">xmlLang</var></var></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">The xml:lang scope which the node resides</p>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="section" id="xmlreader.constants">
<h2 class="title">Predefined Constants</h2>
<div class="section" id="xmlreader.constants.types">
<h2 class="title">XMLReader Node Types</h2>
<dl>
<dt id="xmlreader.constants.none">
<span class="term"><strong><code>XMLReader::NONE</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">No node type</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.constants.element">
<span class="term"><strong><code>XMLReader::ELEMENT</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">Start element</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.constants.attribute">
<span class="term"><strong><code>XMLReader::ATTRIBUTE</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">Attribute node</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.constants.text">
<span class="term"><strong><code>XMLReader::TEXT</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">Text node</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.constants.cdata">
<span class="term"><strong><code>XMLReader::CDATA</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">CDATA node</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.constants.entity-ref">
<span class="term"><strong><code>XMLReader::ENTITY_REF</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">Entity Reference node</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.constants.entity">
<span class="term"><strong><code>XMLReader::ENTITY</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">Entity Declaration node</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.constants.pi">
<span class="term"><strong><code>XMLReader::PI</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">Processing Instruction node</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.constants.comment">
<span class="term"><strong><code>XMLReader::COMMENT</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">Comment node</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.constants.doc">
<span class="term"><strong><code>XMLReader::DOC</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">Document node</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.constants.doc-type">
<span class="term"><strong><code>XMLReader::DOC_TYPE</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">Document Type node</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.constants.doc-fragment">
<span class="term"><strong><code>XMLReader::DOC_FRAGMENT</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">Document Fragment node</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.constants.notation">
<span class="term"><strong><code>XMLReader::NOTATION</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">Notation node</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.constants.whitespace">
<span class="term"><strong><code>XMLReader::WHITESPACE</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">Whitespace node</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.constants.significant-whitespace">
<span class="term"><strong><code>XMLReader::SIGNIFICANT_WHITESPACE</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">Significant Whitespace node</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.constants.end-element">
<span class="term"><strong><code>XMLReader::END_ELEMENT</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">End Element</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.constants.end-entity">
<span class="term"><strong><code>XMLReader::END_ENTITY</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">End Entity</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.constants.xml-declaration">
<span class="term"><strong><code>XMLReader::XML_DECLARATION</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">XML Declaration node</p>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<div class="section" id="xmlreader.constants.options">
<h2 class="title">XMLReader Parser Options</h2>
<dl>
<dt id="xmlreader.constants.loaddtd">
<span class="term"><strong><code>XMLReader::LOADDTD</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">Load DTD but do not validate</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.constants.defaultattrs">
<span class="term"><strong><code>XMLReader::DEFAULTATTRS</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">Load DTD and default attributes but do not validate</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.constants.validate">
<span class="term"><strong><code>XMLReader::VALIDATE</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">Load DTD and validate while parsing</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="xmlreader.constants.subst-entities">
<span class="term"><strong><code>XMLReader::SUBST_ENTITIES</code></strong></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">Substitute entities and expand references</p>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
</div>
</div>
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<h2>Table of Contents</h2><ul class="chunklist chunklist_reference"><li><a href="xmlreader.close.html">XMLReader::close</a> — Close the XMLReader input</li><li><a href="xmlreader.expand.html">XMLReader::expand</a> — Returns a copy of the current node as a DOM object</li><li><a href="xmlreader.getattribute.html">XMLReader::getAttribute</a> — Get the value of a named attribute</li><li><a href="xmlreader.getattributeno.html">XMLReader::getAttributeNo</a> — Get the value of an attribute by index</li><li><a href="xmlreader.getattributens.html">XMLReader::getAttributeNs</a> — Get the value of an attribute by localname and URI</li><li><a href="xmlreader.getparserproperty.html">XMLReader::getParserProperty</a> — Indicates if specified property has been set</li><li><a href="xmlreader.isvalid.html">XMLReader::isValid</a> — Indicates if the parsed document is valid</li><li><a href="xmlreader.lookupnamespace.html">XMLReader::lookupNamespace</a> — Lookup namespace for a prefix</li><li><a href="xmlreader.movetoattribute.html">XMLReader::moveToAttribute</a> — Move cursor to a named attribute</li><li><a href="xmlreader.movetoattributeno.html">XMLReader::moveToAttributeNo</a> — Move cursor to an attribute by index</li><li><a href="xmlreader.movetoattributens.html">XMLReader::moveToAttributeNs</a> — Move cursor to a named attribute</li><li><a href="xmlreader.movetoelement.html">XMLReader::moveToElement</a> — Position cursor on the parent Element of current Attribute</li><li><a href="xmlreader.movetofirstattribute.html">XMLReader::moveToFirstAttribute</a> — Position cursor on the first Attribute</li><li><a href="xmlreader.movetonextattribute.html">XMLReader::moveToNextAttribute</a> — Position cursor on the next Attribute</li><li><a href="xmlreader.next.html">XMLReader::next</a> — Move cursor to next node skipping all subtrees</li><li><a href="xmlreader.open.html">XMLReader::open</a> — Set the URI containing the XML to parse</li><li><a href="xmlreader.read.html">XMLReader::read</a> — Move to next node in document</li><li><a href="xmlreader.readinnerxml.html">XMLReader::readInnerXML</a> — Retrieve XML from current node</li><li><a href="xmlreader.readouterxml.html">XMLReader::readOuterXML</a> — Retrieve XML from current node, including it self</li><li><a href="xmlreader.readstring.html">XMLReader::readString</a> — Reads the contents of the current node as a string</li><li><a href="xmlreader.setparserproperty.html">XMLReader::setParserProperty</a> — Set parser options</li><li><a href="xmlreader.setrelaxngschema.html">XMLReader::setRelaxNGSchema</a> — Set the filename or URI for a RelaxNG Schema</li><li><a href="xmlreader.setrelaxngschemasource.html">XMLReader::setRelaxNGSchemaSource</a> — Set the data containing a RelaxNG Schema</li><li><a href="xmlreader.setschema.html">XMLReader::setSchema</a> — Validate document against XSD</li><li><a href="xmlreader.xml.html">XMLReader::XML</a> — Set the data containing the XML to parse</li></ul>
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