PHP Tutorial - PHP xml _set _character _data _handler () Function

The xml_set_character_data_handler() function sets the character data handler for the XML parser.

This function specifies what function to be called when the parser finds character data in the XML file.

Syntax

PHP xml_set_character_data_handler() Function has the following syntax.

xml_set_character_data_handler(parser,handler)

Parameter

Parameter	is Required	Description
parser	Required.	XML parser to use
handler	Required.	A function to be used as an event handler

The Function specified by the "handler" parameter must have two parameters:

Parameter	Is Required	Description
parser	Required.	A variable containing the XML parser calling the handler
data	Required.	A variable containing the character data from the XML file as a string

Notes

The handler parameter can also be an array containing an object reference and a method name.

Return

This function returns TRUE on success, or FALSE on failure.

Example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<books>
  <name>PHP</name>
  <name>Java</name>
</books>

PHP Code


<?php/*from w w w. j a va2s  .  co  m*/
$parser=xml_parser_create();

function char($parser,$data){
  echo $data;
}

xml_set_character_data_handler($parser,"char");
$fp=fopen("test.xml","r");

while ($data=fread($fp,1024)){
  xml_parse($parser,$data,feof($fp)) or 
    die (sprintf("XML Error: %s at line %d", 
           xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($parser)),
               xml_get_current_line_number($parser)));
}

xml_parser_free($parser);
?>