php8.5
Home/ Manual/ xml / functions/ xml_set_element_handler

xml_set_element_handler

PHP function Edit on GitHub ✎

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Set up start and end element handlers

Description

xml_set_element_handler(XMLParser $parser, callable|string|null $start_handler, callable|string|null $end_handler): true

Sets the element handler functions for the XML parser.

start_handler is called when a new XML element is opened. end_handler is called when an XML element is closed.

Parameters

start_handler

Description

The signature of the handler must be:

start_element_handler(XMLParser $parser, string $name, array $attributes): void
name

Contains the name of the element for which this handler is called. If case-folding is in effect for this parser, the element name will be in uppercase letters.

attributes

An associative array with the element's attributes. The array is empty if the element has no attributes. The keys of this array are the attribute names, the values are the attribute values. Attribute names are case-folded on the same criteria as element names. Attribute values are not case-folded.

The order in which attributes is traversed is identical to the order in which the attributes were declared.

end_handler

Description

The signature of the handler must be:

end_element_handler(XMLParser $parser, string $name): void
name

Contains the name of the element for which this handler is called. If case-folding is in effect for this parser, the element name will be in uppercase letters.

Return Values

Always

Changelog

VersionDescription

Source: reference/xml/functions/xml-set-element-handler.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)