PHP xml_parse_into_struct() Function

Example

Parse XML data into an array (from note.xml):

<?php
$xmlparser = xml_parser_create();

$fp = fopen("note.xml", "r");
$xmldata = fread($fp, 4096);

// Parse XML data into an array
xml_parse_into_struct($xmlparser,$xmldata,$values);

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

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Definition and Usage

The xml_parse_into_struct() function parses XML data into an array.

This function parses the XML data into 2 arrays:

Value array - containing the data from the parsed XML
Index array - containing pointers to the location of the values in the Value array

Syntax

xml_parse_into_struct( parser, data, values, index)

Parameter Values

Parameter	Description
parser	Required. Specifies the XML parser to use
data	Required. Specifies the XML data to parse
values	Required. Specifies an array with the values of the XML data
index	Optional. Specifies an array with pointers to the location of the values in values

Technical Details

Return Value:	1 on success. 0 on failure
PHP Version:	4.0+

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