PHP | DOMDocument load() Function

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The DOMDocument::load() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to load an XML document from a file. Syntax: 
mixed DOMDocument::load( string $filename, int $options = 0 )
Parameters: This function accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below:
  • $filename: This parameter holds the path to the XML document.
  • $options: This parameter holds the Bitwise OR of the libxml option constants.
Return Value: This function returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. This function returns a DOMDocument if it is called statically or FALSE on failure. Below programs illustrate the DOMDocument::load() function in PHP: gfg.xml HTML 
<user> 
    <username>Geeks123</username> 
    <name>GeeksforGeeks</name>  
    <address>  
        <phone>+91-XXXXXXXXXX</phone>
        <email>abc@geeksforgeeks.org</email>
    </address> 
</user>
Program: php 
<?php

// Create a new DOMDocument
$doc = new DOMDocument();

// Load the XML file to the document
$doc->load('gfg.xml');

// Create a XML document and display it
echo $doc->saveXML();

?>
Output: 
<user> 
    <username>Geeks123</username> 
    <name>GeeksforGeeks</name>  
    <address>  
        <phone>+91-XXXXXXXXXX</phone>
        <email>abc@geeksforgeeks.org</email>
    </address> 
</user>
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/domdocument.load.php

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