xml_set_object Use XML Parser within an object &reftitle.description; boolxml_set_object resourceparser objectobject This function allows to use parser inside object. All callback functions could be set with xml_set_element_handler etc and assumed to be methods of object. In addition to calling xml_parser_free when the parsing is finished, as of PHP 7.0.0 it is necessary to also explicitly unset the reference to parser to avoid memory leaks. &reftitle.parameters; parser A reference to the XML parser to use inside the object. object The object where to use the XML parser. &reftitle.returnvalues; &return.success; &reftitle.examples; parser = xml_parser_create(); xml_set_object($this->parser, $this); xml_set_element_handler($this->parser, "tag_open", "tag_close"); xml_set_character_data_handler($this->parser, "cdata"); } function __destruct() { xml_parser_free($this->parser); unset($this->parser); } function parse($data) { xml_parse($this->parser, $data); } function tag_open($parser, $tag, $attributes) { var_dump($tag, $attributes); } function cdata($parser, $cdata) { var_dump($cdata); } function tag_close($parser, $tag) { var_dump($tag); } } $xml_parser = new XMLParser(); $xml_parser->parse("PHP"); ?> ]]> &example.outputs; string(5) "hallo" } string(3) "PHP" string(1) "A" ]]>