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<h1 class="refname">XMLReader::open</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">XMLReader::open</span> — <span class="dc-title">Set the URI containing the XML to parse</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="type">bool</span>
<span class="methodname"><strong>XMLReader::open</strong></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>
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Set the URI containing the XML document to be parsed.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">URI</code></em></span>
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URI pointing to the document.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">encoding</code></em></span>
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The document encoding or <strong><code>NULL</code></strong>.
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</dd>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">options</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
A bitmask of the <a href="libxml.constants.html" class="link">LIBXML_*</a>
constants.
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</dd>
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure. If called statically, returns an
<a href="class.xmlreader.html" class="classname">XMLReader</a> or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<h3 class="title">Errors/Exceptions</h3>
<p class="para">This method <em class="emphasis">may</em> be called statically, but will issue an <strong><code>E_STRICT</code></strong> error.</p>
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<div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-xmlreader.open-changelog">
<h3 class="title">Changelog</h3>
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<th>Version</th>
<th>Description</th>
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<td>5.2.0</td>
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<em><code class="parameter">encoding</code></em> and <em><code class="parameter">options</code></em>
were added.
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.xml.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">XMLReader::xml()</a> - Set the data containing the XML to parse</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="xmlreader.close.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">XMLReader::close()</a> - Close the XMLReader input</span></li>
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