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<refentry id='function.simplexml-element-construct'>
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>SimpleXMLElement->__construct()</refname>
  <refpurpose>
   Creates a new SimpleXMLElement object
  </refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <classsynopsis>
   <ooclass><classname>SimpleXMLElement</classname></ooclass>
    <constructorsynopsis>
     <methodname>__construct</methodname>
     <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>data</parameter></methodparam>
     <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>options</parameter></methodparam>
     <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>data_is_url</parameter></methodparam>
     <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>ns</parameter></methodparam>
     <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>is_prefix</parameter></methodparam>
   </constructorsynopsis> 
  </classsynopsis>
  <para>
   Creates a new <classname>SimpleXMLElement</classname> object.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>data</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       A well-formed XML string or the path or URL to an XML document if 
       <parameter>data_is_url</parameter> is &true;.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>options</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Optionally used to specify <link linkend="libxml.constants">additional
       Libxml parameters</link>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>data_is_url</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       By default, <parameter>data_is_url</parameter> is &false;. Use &true; to
       specify that <parameter>data</parameter> is a path or URL to an XML 
       document instead of <type>string</type> data.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>ns</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>is_prefix</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns a <type>SimpleXMLElement</type> object representing 
   <parameter>data</parameter>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="errors">
  &reftitle.errors;
  <para>
   Produces an <constant>E_WARNING</constant> error message for each error
   found in the XML data and throws an exception if errors were detected.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Create a SimpleXMLElement object</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

include 'example.php';

$sxe = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstr);
echo $sxe->movie[0]->title;

?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Create a SimpleXMLElement object from a URL</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

$sxe = new SimpleXMLElement('http://example.org/document.xml', NULL, TRUE);
echo $sxe->asXML();

?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><xref linkend="function.simplexml-load-string" /></member>
    <member><xref linkend="function.simplexml-load-file" /></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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