PHP registerXPathNamespace() Function

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Definition and Usage

The registerXPathNamespace() registers a namespace context for the next XPath query.

This function is useful if a namespace prefix is changed in an XML document. The registerXPathNamespace() function will create a prefix for specified namespace, so that the affected XML nodes can be accessed without altering the application code too much.

Syntax

class SimpleXMLElement
{
string registerXPathNamespace(prefix,ns)
}

Example

XML File

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<note xmlns:b="http://www.w3schools.com/example/">
<to>Tove</to>
<from>Jani</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<b:body>Don't forget me this weekend!</b:body>
</note>

PHP Code

<?php
$xml = simplexml_load_file("test.xml");

$xml->registerXPathNamespace("msg", 
"http://www.w3schools.com/example/");
$result = $xml->xpath("msg:body");

foreach ($result as $message)
  {
  echo $message;
  }
?>

The output of the code above will be:

Don't forget me this weekend!

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