XMLReader::open

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7)

XMLReader::openSet the URI containing the XML to parse

Description

public static XMLReader::open ( string $uri [, string|null $encoding = NULL [, int $flags = 0 ]] ) : bool|XMLReader

Set the URI containing the XML document to be parsed.

Parameters

uri

URI pointing to the document.

encoding

The document encoding or NULL.

flags

A bitmask of the LIBXML_* constants.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. If called statically, returns an XMLReader or FALSE on failure.

Errors/Exceptions

This method may be called statically, but prior to PHP 8.0.0, will issue an E_DEPRECATED error in this case.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 XMLReader::open() is now declared as static method, but can still be called on an XMLReader instance.

See Also