# DOMDocument->load()

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DOMDocument->load() — Load XML from a file

### Description

DOMDocument
mixed load ( string `$filename` [, int `$options` ] )

Loads an XML document from a file.

### Parameters

`filename`

  The path to the XML document.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure. If called statically, returns a DOMDocument but also causes an E_STRICT warning.

### Errors/Exceptions

If an empty string is passed as the `filename` or an empty file is named, a warning will be generated. This warning is not generated by libxml and cannot be handled using libxml's error handling functions.

### Examples

Example#1 Creating a Document

`<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->load('book.xml');
echo $doc->saveXML();
?>`

### See Also

- DOMDocument->loadXML()
- DOMDocument->save()
- DOMDocument->saveXML()