DOMDocument Function xinclude

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 substitutes XIncludes in a DomDocument Object by actual content referred by xinclude.

Usage:

intDOMDocument->xinclude ( void )

Substitutes XIncludes in a DOMDocument Object.

PHP Code:

<?php

$xmlstr = <<<XML

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

<root xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">

  <xi:includehref="xml_files/xinclude.xml">

   <xi:fallback>

     <error>xinclude: xinclude.xml not found</error>

   </xi:fallback>

  </xi:include>

</root>

XML;

$dom = new domDocument;

//load the XML string into the DOM

$dom->loadXML($xmlstr);

//replca the xinclude function

$dom->xinclude();

//echo out the content

echo "<PRE>";

echohtmlentities($dom->saveXML());

echo "</PRE>";

?>

Content of xinclude.xml(ensure that this file is accessible by PHP code otherwise you will get error):

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

<test>This is XInclude</test>

Output: