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<h1 class="refname">DOMDocument::schemaValidate</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">DOMDocument::schemaValidate</span> — <span class="dc-title">
Validates a document based on a schema
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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>DOMDocument::schemaValidate</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$filename</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$flags</code></span>
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Validates a document based on the given schema file.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">filename</code></em></span>
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The path to the schema.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">flags</code></em></span>
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A bitmask of Libxml schema validation flags. Currently the only supported value is <a href="libxml.constants.html" class="link">LIBXML_SCHEMA_CREATE</a>. Available since PHP 5.5.2 and Libxml 2.6.14.
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Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<td>5.5.2</td>
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Added the <em><code class="parameter">flags</code></em> parameter
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domdocument.schemavalidatesource.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMDocument::schemaValidateSource()</a> - Validates a document based on a schema</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domdocument.relaxngvalidate.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMDocument::relaxNGValidate()</a> - Performs relaxNG validation on the document</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domdocument.relaxngvalidatesource.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMDocument::relaxNGValidateSource()</a> - Performs relaxNG validation on the document</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domdocument.validate.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMDocument::validate()</a> - Validates the document based on its DTD</span></li>
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