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XMLReader::fromString

(PHP 8 >= 8.4.0)

XMLReader::fromString — Creates an XMLReader from an XML string

Description

public static XMLReader::fromString(string $source, ?string $encoding = null, int $flags = 0): static

Creates an XMLReader from an XML string.

Parameters

source: String containing the XML to be parsed.
encoding: The document encoding or null.
flags: A bitmask of the LIBXML_* constants.

Return Values

Returns an XMLReader.

Errors/Exceptions

Passing an invalid encoding will throw a ValueError.

See Also

XMLReader::fromStream() - Creates an XMLReader from a stream to read from
XMLReader::fromUri() - Creates an XMLReader from a URI to read from

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