(PHP 5, PHP 7)
DOMDocument::loadXML — Load XML from a string
public DOMDocument::loadXML ( string $source [, int $options = 0 ] ) : mixed
Loads an XML document from a string.
source
The string containing the XML.
options
Bitwise OR of the libxml option constants.
Returns true on success or false on failure. If called statically, returns a DOMDocument or false on failure.
If an empty string is passed as the source, a warning will be generated. This warning is not generated by libxml and cannot be handled using libxml's error handling functions.
This method may be called statically, but will issue an E_STRICT error.
Example #1 Creating a Document
<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->loadXML('<root><node/></root>');
echo $doc->saveXML();
?> Example #2 Static invocation of loadXML
<?php
// Issues an E_STRICT error
$doc = DOMDocument::loadXML('<root><node/></root>');
echo $doc->saveXML();
?>
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