# simplexml_load_string

(PHP 5)

simplexml_load_string — Interprets a string of XML into an object

### Description

object simplexml_load_string ( string `$data` [, string `$class_name` [, int `$options` [, string `$ns` [, bool `$is_prefix` ]]]] )

Takes a well-formed XML string and returns it as an object.

### Parameters

`data`

  A well-formed XML string

`class_name`

  You may use this optional parameter so that simplexml_load_string() will return an object of the specified class. That class should extend the SimpleXMLElement class.

`options`

  Since PHP 5.1.0 and Libxml 2.6.0, you may also use the `options` parameter to specify additional Libxml parameters.

`ns`

`is_prefix`

### Return Values

Returns an object of class SimpleXMLElement with properties containing the data held within the xml document. On errors, it will return `FALSE`.

### Examples

Example#1 Interpret an XML string

`<?php
$string = <<<XML
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<document>
<title>Forty What?</title>
<from>Joe</from>
<to>Jane</to>
<body>
I know that's the answer -- but what's the question?
</body>
</document>
XML;
$xml = simplexml_load_string($string);
var_dump($xml);
?>`

The above example will output:

    SimpleXMLElement Object
    (
      [title] => Forty What?
      [from] => Joe
      [to] => Jane
      [body] =>
       I know that's the answer -- but what's the question?
    )

At this point, you can go about using $xml->body and such.

### See Also

- simplexml_load_file
- SimpleXMLElement->__construct()