xml_parser_create
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
xml_parser_create — Create an XML parser
Description
xml_parser_create() creates a new XML parser and returns a XMLParser instance to be used by the other XML functions.
Parameters
-
encoding
-
The input encoding is automatically detected, so that the
encoding
parameter specifies only the output encoding. If empty string is passed, the parser attempts to identify which encoding the document is encoded in by looking at the heading 3 or 4 bytes. The default output charset is UTF-8. The supported encodings areISO-8859-1
,UTF-8
andUS-ASCII
.
Return Values
Returns a new XMLParser instance.
Changelog
Version | Description |
---|---|
8.0.0 |
This function returns an XMLParser instance now;
previously, a resource was returned, or false on failure.
|
8.0.0 |
encoding is nullable now.
|
See Also
- xml_parser_create_ns() - Create an XML parser with namespace support
- xml_parser_free() - Free an XML parser