getXMLParser
- Syntax
- Examples

getXMLParser

API	Package	Class	phpDocumentor	Last reviewed	Doc status
Joomla.Framework	JFactory	JFactory->getXMLParser

This method creates an XML document. It will instantiate an object depending on the specified type.

Syntax

object &getXMLParser ( $type, $options )

$type	string	is a string containing the type of XML object to return. This parameter can be ‘DOM‘, ‘RSS’ or ‘Simple’, which will create a DOMIT object, a DOMIT RSS object or a JSimpleXML object respectively. This parameter is optional and if omitted defaults to ‘DOM‘.
$options	array	is an array containing options for the XML object.

Recognized array elements:

boolean [’lite’] - When using ‘DOM’ if true or not defined then domit_lite is used.
string [’rssUrl’] - The RSS URL to parse when using ‘RSS‘.
string [’cache_time’] - When using ‘RSS’ - feed cache time. If not defined defaults to 3600 sec.

Examples

Example

$xmldoc =& JFactory::getXMLParser( 'Simple' );
$xmlstring = 
"<product>
<name>Telephone</name>
<price>$29.95</price>
<manufacturer>CAMNAI Manufacturing Company</manufacturer>
</product>
";

if ( $xmldoc->loadString( $xmlstring ) ) {
    echo "String successfully loaded!";
} else {
    echo "Something didn't work!";
}

might produce:

Result

String successfully loaded!