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<h1 class="refname">DOMDocument::loadXML</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">DOMDocument::loadXML</span> — <span class="dc-title">
Load XML from a string
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>DOMDocument::loadXML</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$source</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$options</code><span class="initializer"> = 0</span></span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Loads an XML document from a string.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-domdocument.loadxml-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">source</code></em></span>
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The string containing the XML.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">options</code></em></span>
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<a href="language.operators.bitwise.html" class="link">Bitwise <em>OR</em></a>
of the <a href="libxml.constants.html" class="link">libxml option constants</a>.
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</dd>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-domdocument.loadxml-returnvalues">
<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 a
<a href="class.domdocument.html" class="classname">DOMDocument</a> or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<div class="refsect1 errors" id="refsect1-domdocument.loadxml-errors">
<h3 class="title">Errors/Exceptions</h3>
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If an empty string is passed as the <em><code class="parameter">source</code></em>,
a warning will be generated. This warning is not generated by libxml
and cannot be handled using libxml's error handling functions.
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<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 examples" id="refsect1-domdocument.loadxml-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<div class="example" id="example-5409">
<p><strong>Example #1 Creating a Document</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$doc </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DOMDocument</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">loadXML</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'<root><node/></root>'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">saveXML</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example" id="example-5410">
<p><strong>Example #2 Static invocation of <em>loadXML</em></strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Issues an E_STRICT error<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DOMDocument</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">loadXML</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'<root><node/></root>'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">saveXML</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-domdocument.loadxml-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domdocument.load.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMDocument::load()</a> - Load XML from a file</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domdocument.save.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMDocument::save()</a> - Dumps the internal XML tree back into a file</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domdocument.savexml.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMDocument::saveXML()</a> - Dumps the internal XML tree back into a string</span></li>
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