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<h1 class="refname">xml_set_element_handler</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">xml_set_element_handler</span> — <span class="dc-title">Set up start and end element handlers</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.xml-set-element-handler-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>xml_set_element_handler</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$parser</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.types.callable.html" class="type callable">callable</a></span> <code class="parameter">$start_element_handler</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.types.callable.html" class="type callable">callable</a></span> <code class="parameter">$end_element_handler</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Sets the element handler functions for the XML <em><code class="parameter">parser</code></em>.
<em><code class="parameter">start_element_handler</code></em> and
<em><code class="parameter">end_element_handler</code></em> are strings containing
the names of functions that must exist when <span class="function"><a href="function.xml-parse.html" class="function">xml_parse()</a></span>
is called for <em><code class="parameter">parser</code></em>.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.xml-set-element-handler-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">parser</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
A reference to the XML parser to set up start and end element handler functions.
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</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">start_element_handler</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The function named by <em><code class="parameter">start_element_handler</code></em>
must accept three parameters:
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="methodname"><span class="replaceable">start_element_handler</span></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$parser</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$name</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter">$attribs</code></span>
)</div>
<dl>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">parser</code></em></span>
<dd>
<span class="simpara">
The first parameter, <span class="replaceable">parser</span>, is a
reference to the XML parser calling the handler.
</span>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">name</code></em></span>
<dd>
<span class="simpara">
The second parameter, <em><code class="parameter">name</code></em>, contains the name
of the element for which this handler is called.If <a href="xml.case-folding.html" class="link">case-folding</a> is in effect for this
parser, the element name will be in uppercase letters.
</span>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">attribs</code></em></span>
<dd>
<span class="simpara">
The third parameter, <em><code class="parameter">attribs</code></em>, contains an
associative array with the element's attributes (if any).The keys
of this array are the attribute names, the values are the attribute
values.Attribute names are <a href="xml.case-folding.html" class="link">case-folded</a> on the same criteria as
element names.Attribute values are <em class="emphasis">not</em>
case-folded.
</span>
<span class="simpara">
The original order of the attributes can be retrieved by walking
through <em><code class="parameter">attribs</code></em> the normal way, using
<span class="function"><a href="function.each.html" class="function">each()</a></span>.The first key in the array was the first
attribute, and so on.
</span>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
</p>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <span class="simpara">Instead of a function name, an
array containing an object reference and a method name can also be
supplied.</span></p></blockquote>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">end_element_handler</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The function named by <em><code class="parameter">end_element_handler</code></em>
must accept two parameters:
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="methodname"><span class="replaceable">end_element_handler</span></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$parser</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$name</code></span>
)</div>
<dl>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">parser</code></em></span>
<dd>
<span class="simpara">
The first parameter, <span class="replaceable">parser</span>, is a
reference to the XML parser calling the handler.
</span>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">name</code></em></span>
<dd>
<span class="simpara">
The second parameter, <em><code class="parameter">name</code></em>, contains the name
of the element for which this handler is called.If <a href="xml.case-folding.html" class="link">case-folding</a> is in effect for this
parser, the element name will be in uppercase letters.
</span>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
</p>
<p class="para">
If a handler function is set to an empty string, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong>, the handler
in question is disabled.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.xml-set-element-handler-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
</p>
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