libxml_use_internal_errors

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)

libxml_use_internal_errors — Disable libxml errors and allow user to fetch error information as needed

Description

bool libxml_use_internal_errors ([ bool $use_errors = false ] )

libxml_use_internal_errors() allows you to disable standard libxml errors and enable user error handling.

Parameters

use_errors

Whether to enable user error handling.

Return Values

This function returns the previous value of use_errors.

Examples

Example #1 A libxml_use_internal_errors() example

This example demonstrates the basic usage of libxml errors and the value returned by this function.

<?php

// enable user error handling
var_dump(libxml_use_internal_errors(true));

// load the document
$doc = new DOMDocument;

if (!$doc->load('file.xml')) {
    foreach (libxml_get_errors() as $error) {
        // handle errors here
    }

    libxml_clear_errors();
}

?>

The above example will output:

bool(false)

See Also

• libxml_clear_errors() - Clear libxml error buffer
• libxml_get_errors() - Retrieve array of errors