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SimpleXML

SimpleXML is a PHP extension that allows users to easily^[1]^[2] manipulate/use XML data. It was introduced in PHP 5 as an object oriented approach to the XML DOM providing an object that can be processed with normal property selectors and array iterators.^[3]^[4] It represents an easy way of getting an element's attributes and textual content if you know the XML document's structure or layout.^[5]

Compared to DOM or the Expat parser, SimpleXML takes a fewer lines of code to read text data from an element.^[6]^[7]

Functions

addAttribute()^[8]
addChild()
asXML()
attributes()
children()
__construct()
getDocNamespaces()
getName()
getNamespaces()
registerXPathNamespace()
xpath()
simplexml_import_dom
simplexml_load_file
simplexml_load_string

Error handling

It is possible to suppress all XML errors when loading the document and then iterate over the errors.^[9]

References

^ "Introducing SimpleXML in PHP 5". 12 June 2006.
^ "PHP: SimpleXML - Manual".
^ Richards, Robert (2007-02-05). Pro PHP XML and Web Services. Apress. ISBN 9781430201397.
^ PHP.net SimpleXML intro
^ onlamp introduction to SimpleXML
^ w3schools SimpleXML Tutorial
^ "PHP Master | Parsing XML with SimpleXML". 11 February 2013.
^ "PHP: SimpleXMLElement::addAttribute - Manual".
^ "PHP: Dealing with XML errors - Manual".