PHP Tutorial - PHP xml_get_current_line_number() Function

The xml_get_current_line_number() function gets the current line number for an XML parser.

Syntax

xml_get_current_line_number(parser)

Parameter

Parameter	Is Required	Description
parser	Required.	XML parser to use

Return

This function returns the current line number on success, or FALSE on failure.

Example

Content for test.xml

<data>
   <missEndTag>
</data>

gets the current line number for an XML parser


<?php//  w  ww . j a  v a  2 s  .c om

$xmlparser = xml_parser_create();
$fp = fopen('test.xml', 'r');
while ($xmldata = fread($fp, 1024)){
  if (!xml_parse($xmlparser,$xmldata,feof($fp))){
    print "ERROR: ";
    print xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xmlparser));
    print "\n";
    print "Line: ";
    print xml_get_current_line_number($xmlparser);
    print "\n";
    print "Column: ";
    print xml_get_current_column_number($xmlparser);
    print "\n";
  }
}

xml_parser_free($xmlparser);
?>