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PHP xml_parse_into_struct () function

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Definition and Usage

xml_parse_into_struct () function to parse XML data into an array.

The function to parse XML data into two arrays:

  • Value array - contains data from the parsed XML
  • Index array - contains links to location Value values ​​in the array pointer

If successful, the function returns 1. If it fails, it returns 0.

grammar

xml_parse_into_struct(parser,xml,value_arr,index_arr)

参数 描述
parser 必需。规定要使用的 XML 解析器。
xml 必需。规定要解析的 XML 数据。
value_arr 必需。规定 XML 数据的目标数组。
index_arr 可选。规定 index 数据的目标数组。


Tips and Notes

Note: xml_parse_into_struct () function returns 1 if successful, returns 0 if it fails.This is TRUE and FALSE different, for example, when you use the === operator to pay attention.


Examples

XML file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<note>
<to>Tove</to>
<from>Jani</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
</note>

PHP code

<?php
//invalid xml file
$xmlfile = 'test.xml';
$xmlparser = xml_parser_create();

// open a file and read data
$fp = fopen($xmlfile, 'r');
$xmldata = fread($fp, 4096);

xml_parse_into_struct($xmlparser,$xmldata,$values);

xml_parser_free($xmlparser);
print_r($values);
?>

The output of the code above is as follows:

Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[tag] => NOTE
[type] => open
[level] => 1
[value] =>
)
[1] => Array
(
[tag] => TO
[type] => complete
[level] => 2
[value] => Tove
)
[2] => Array
(
[tag] => NOTE
[value] =>
[type] => cdata
[level] => 1
)
[3] => Array
(
[tag] => FROM
[type] => complete
[level] => 2
[value] => Jani
)
[4] => Array
(
[tag] => NOTE
[value] =>
[type] => cdata
[level] => 1
)
[5] => Array
(
[tag] => HEADING
[type] => complete
[level] => 2
[value] => Reminder
)
[6] => Array
(
[tag] => NOTE
[value] =>
[type] => cdata
[level] => 1
)
[7] => Array
(
[tag] => BODY
[type] => complete
[level] => 2
[value] => Don't forget me this weekend!
)
[8] => Array
(
[tag] => NOTE
[value] =>
[type] => cdata
[level] => 1
)
[9] => Array
(
[tag] => NOTE
[type] => close
[level] => 1
)
)


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