domxml_open_file

Creates a DOM object from an XML file (PHP 4 >= 4.2.0)
DomDocument domxml_open_file ( string filename [, int mode [, array &error]] )

Example 576. Opening an XML document from a file

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<?php

if (!$dom = domxml_open_file("example.xml")) {

  echo "Error while parsing the document\n";

  exit;

}

$root = $dom->document_element();
?>

Code Examples / Notes » domxml_open_file

info

You can load your own DTD's within your XML Doc like this: <?php $domxml = domxml_open_file('test.xml',DOMXML_LOAD_VALIDATING,$error); ?> I hope this helps.... The DocumentType Definition (must/have) to be in the Doc root of your Server...

andrew

Using PHP 4.2.3 and Win2K. The XML file needs to be referenced using the full filesystem path name, even if its in the same directory.

rudolfnospam

Using PHP 4.1.2, Win2K, IIS. I found that if the path to the XML source file is too long then the file isn't picked up. I haven't tested it to see how long the path can be or whether this is still an issue in PHP 4.2

kevin

If you're working on a windows machine and don't want to use full paths , just use... $showfile = file_get_contents($path . "/" . $fileName); if(!$domDoc = domxml_open_mem($showfile)) { echo "Couldn't load xml..."; exit; } Because file_get_contents() can use relative paths on Win, it keeps your code more portable... twist

contact

If you want to work on both Windows and Linux, I found appending the following to the front of your file path works: $xmlPath = dirname(__FILE__) . "/"; $xmlDOM = domxml_open_file($xmlPath . "file.xml"); (rather than the "\\" in a previous post on this page which only works on Windows). This should get around the I/O errors.

php

For me, on Windows XP, the solution with file_get_contents works, the one with domxml_open_file does not. It seems the latter caches the loaded file. Quite confusing.

domxml documentation is a moving target, for 4.2.3 a working example is: <? $xmlpath = dirname(__FILE__) . "\\"; $xmldoc = domxml_open_file( $xmlpath . "test.xml"); $xsldoc = domxml_xslt_stylesheet_file ( $xmlpath . "test.xsl"); $result = $xsldoc->process($xmldoc); print $result->dump_mem(); ?> RTFS is a working method in this case (lucky guesses work also from time tor time) :-)

connor

But. if thr path is some hipelink like www.somth.com/data.xml

noyanoya

another way to resolve path's problem is to use realpath() function for example: <?php $file=$_REQUEST['file']; $xmlPath = realpath("../xml/"); $fileXML ="$file"; if(!$dom = domxml_open_file($xmlPath."/".$fileXML)) { echo "error opening the file"; exit; } ?> N.B. you have to put the final slash ( / ) beetween path and file name!

a-wing info

A very useful undocumented feature if you are opening hundreds of xml docs (my script processes 20,000) is DomDocument->free. This clears the allocated the memory used by the xml file which is not done automatically by just opening a new file on the same variable. Example: <? $dir="/path/to/xml/files/"; if ($dh = opendir($dir)) { while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) { if(is_file($dir.$file)) { echo $file . "\\n"; $dom=domxml_open_file($dir.$file); #... #You xml processor here #... $dom->free(); } } closedir($dh); } ?>

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domxml_open_file

Creates a DOM object from an XML file (PHP 4 >= 4.2.0) DomDocument domxml_open_file ( string filename [, int mode [, array &error]] )

Example 576. Opening an XML document from a file

Code Examples / Notes » domxml_open_file

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Creates a DOM object from an XML file (PHP 4 >= 4.2.0)
DomDocument domxml_open_file ( string filename [, int mode [, array &error]] )