The xml_parse_into_struct() function parses XML data into an array.
This function parses XML data into 2 arrays:
Value array - contains data from the parsed XML
Index array - Contains pointers to the locations of values in the Value array
If successful, the function returns 1. If it fails, 0 is returned.
xml_parse_into_struct(parser,xml,value_arr,index_arr)
| parameter | describe |
|---|---|
| parser | Required. Specifies the XML parser to use. |
| xml | Required. Specifies the XML data to be parsed. |
| value_arr | Required. Specifies the target array for XML data. |
| index_arr | Optional. Specifies the target array of index data. |
Note: The xml_parse_into_struct() function returns 1 if successful and 0 if failed. This is different from TRUE and FALSE, so be careful when using, for example, the === operator.
XML file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><note><to>Tove</to><from>Jani</from><heading>Reminder</heading><body>Don 't forget me this weekend!</body></note>
PHP code
<?php//invalid xml file$xmlfile = 'test.xml';$xmlparser = xml_parser_create();// open a file and read data$fp = fopen($xmlfile, 'r');$xmldata = fread( $fp, 4096);xml_parse_into_struct($xmlparser,$xmldata,$values);xml_parser_free($xmlparser);print_r($values);?>
The output of the above code looks like this:
Array([0] => Array ( [tag] => NOTE [type] => open [level] => 1 [value] => )[1] => Array ( [tag] => TO [type] = > complete [level] => 2 [value] => Tove )[2] => Array ( [tag] => NOTE [value] => [type] => cdata [level] => 1 ) [3] = > Array ([tag] => FROM [type] => complete [level] => 2 [value] => Jani )[4] => Array ( [tag] => NOTE [value] => [type] => cdata [level] = > 1 ) [5] => Array ( [tag] => HEADING [type] => complete [level] => 2 [value] => Reminder )[6] => Array ( [tag] => NOTE [value ] => [type] => cdata [level] => 1 ) [7] => Array ( [tag] => BODY [type] => complete [level] => 2 [value] => Don't forget me this weekend! )[ 8] => Array ( [tag] => NOTE [value] => [type] => cdata [level] => 1 )[9] => Array ( [tag] => NOTE [type] => close [ level] => 1 ))