PHP SimpleXML: Function Load

PHP Version: (No version information might be only in CVS. I have used this function in PHP5)

DOM: W3C DOM Level 1

Description

This function is used to load a XML file. I have extensively used this function to load well-formed document into a DOMDocument.

Usage:

mixedDOMDocument->load ( string filename)

The function parses the XML document in the file named filename. This function may also be called statically to load and create a DOMDocument object. The static invocation may be used when no DOMDocument properties need to be set prior to loading.

Example:

The XML file, which I have used contains following data. I have stored this file in /php/xml_files/employee.xml directory.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<employee>

<employeename id="123456">test</employeename>

<employeeaddress>test123</employeeaddress>

<SSN>12343456</SSN>

<company>TOPXML</company>

</employee>

PHP Code:

<?php

$doc = new DomDocument;

// Load the xml file into DOMDocument.

$doc->Load('C:/topxml_demo/php/xml_files/employee.xml');

?>