domxml_open_file

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.1)

domxml_open_file -- Creates a DOM object from XML file

Description

object domxml_open_file ( string filename)

The function parses the XML document in the file named filename and returns an object of class "Dom document", having the properties as listed above. The file is accessed read-only.

Example 1. Opening a xml document from a file

<?php

if(!$dom = domxml_open_file("example.xml")) {
  echo "Error while parsing the document\n";
  exit;
}

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

See also domxml_open_mem(), domxml_new_doc().