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<refentry id="function.dom-domdocument-loadxml">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>DOMDocument->loadXML()</refname>
  <refpurpose>
   Load XML from a string
  </refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <classsynopsis>
   <ooclass><classname>DOMDocument</classname></ooclass>
   <methodsynopsis>
    <type>mixed</type><methodname>loadXML</methodname>
    <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>source</parameter></methodparam>
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>options</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
  </classsynopsis>
  <para>
   Loads an XML document from a string. 
  </para>
  <para>
   This method may also be called statically to load and create a 
   <classname>DOMDocument</classname> object. The static invocation may be 
   used when no <classname>DOMDocument</classname> properties need to be set 
   prior to loading.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>source</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The string containing the XML.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   &return.success; If called statically, returns a DOMDocument.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Creating a Document</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->loadXML('<root><node/></root>');
echo $doc->saveXML();
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Static invocation of <literal>loadXML</literal></title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$doc = DOMDocument::loadXML('<root><node/></root>');
echo $doc->saveXML();
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><xref linkend="function.dom-domdocument-load" /></member>
    <member><xref linkend="function.dom-domdocument-save" /></member>
    <member><xref linkend="function.dom-domdocument-savexml" /></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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