PHP xml_parser_get_option() Function

Example

Get options from an XML parser:

<?php
$parser=xml_parser_create();

echo "XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING: " . xml_parser_get_option($parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING) . <br>;
echo "XML_OPTION_TARGET_ENCODING: " . xml_parser_get_option($parser, XML_OPTION_TARGET_ENCODING);

xml_parser_free($parser);
?>

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Definition and Usage

The xml_parser_get_option() function gets options from an XML parser.

Syntax

xml_parser_get_option( parser, option)

Parameter Values

Parameter	Description
parser	Required. Specifies the XML parser to use
option	Required. Specifies the option to get. Possible values: XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING - Specifies if case-folding is enabled. Can be 1 (TRUE) or 0 (FALSE). 1 is default XML_OPTION_TARGET_ENCODING - Specifies the target encoding in this XML parser. Set to the same as the xml_parser_create() function by default (ISO-8859-1, US-ASCII or UTF-8) XML_OPTION_SKIP_TAGSTART - Specifies how many characters that is skipped in the beginning of a tag name XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE - Specifies whether values consisting of whitespace characters are skipped. Can be 1 (TRUE) or 0 (FALSE)

Parameter

Description

parser

Required. Specifies the XML parser to use

option

Required. Specifies the option to get. Possible values:

XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING - Specifies if case-folding is enabled. Can be 1 (TRUE) or 0 (FALSE). 1 is default
XML_OPTION_TARGET_ENCODING - Specifies the target encoding in this XML parser. Set to the same as the xml_parser_create() function by default (ISO-8859-1, US-ASCII or UTF-8)
XML_OPTION_SKIP_TAGSTART - Specifies how many characters that is skipped in the beginning of a tag name
XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE - Specifies whether values consisting of whitespace characters are skipped. Can be 1 (TRUE) or 0 (FALSE)

Technical Details

Return Value:	The option's value on success. FALSE and an error on failure
PHP Version:	4.0+
PHP Changelog:	PHP 7.1: Added XML_OPTION_SKIP_TAGSTART and XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE to the option parameter

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