PHP getDocNamespaces() Function
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Definition and Usage
The getDocNamespaces() function gets the namespaces declared in an XML document from a
SimpleXMLElement object.
This function returns an array of the namespaces in an XML document on success, or FALSE on
failure.
Syntax
class SimpleXMLElement
{
string getDocNamespaces(recursive)
}
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| Parameter |
Description |
| recursive |
Optional. Specifies if all namespaces in parent and child
nodes should be returned. Default is FALSE |
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>
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PHP Code
<?php
if (file_exists('test.xml'))
{
$xml = simplexml_load_file('test.xml');
}
print_r($xml->getDocNamespaces());
?>
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The output of the code above will be:
Array
(
[b] => http://www.w3schools.com/example/
)
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