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<refentry xml:id="function.xml-parser-free" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>xml_parser_free</refname>
  <refpurpose>Free an XML parser</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>bool</type><methodname>xml_parser_free</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>XMLParser</type><parameter>parser</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Frees the given XML <parameter>parser</parameter>.
  </para>
  <caution>
   <para>
    In addition to calling <function>xml_parser_free</function> when the parsing
    is finished, prior to PHP 8.0.0, it was necessary to also explicitly unset the
    reference to <parameter>parser</parameter> to avoid memory leaks,
    if the parser resource is referenced from an object, and this object references
    that parser resource.
   </para>
  </caution>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>parser</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <simpara>
       A reference to the XML parser to free.
      </simpara>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   &return.success;
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <informaltable>
   <tgroup cols="2">
    <thead>
     <row>
      <entry>&Version;</entry>
      <entry>&Description;</entry>
     </row>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
      &xml.changelog.parser-param;
    </tbody>
   </tgroup>
  </informaltable>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>
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