XMLReader
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XMLReader::isValid

Indicates if the parsed document is valid

Description

public bool XMLReader::isValid ( void )

Returns a boolean indicating if the document being parsed is currently valid.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Validating XML

<?php
$xml = XMLReader::open('test.xml');

// The validate parser option must be enabled for 
// this method to work properly
$xml->setParserProperty(XMLReader::VALIDATE, true);

var_dump($xml->isValid());
?>

Notes

Note: This checks the current node, not the entire document.

See Also

  • XMLReader::setParserProperty
  • XMLReader::setRelaxNGSchema
  • XMLReader::setRelaxNGSchemaSource
  • XMLReader::setSchema