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# xml_parse

(PHP 3>= 3.0.6, PHP 4 )

xml_parse -- start parsing an XML document

## Description

bool xml_parse ( resource parser, string data [, bool is_final])

`parser`

  A reference to the XML parser to use.

`data`

  Chunk of data to parse. A document may be parsed piece-wise by calling xml_parse() several times with new data, as long as the `is_final` parameter is set and `TRUE` when the last data is parsed.

`is_final` (optional)

  If set and `TRUE`, `data` is the last piece of data sent in this parse.

When the XML document is parsed, the handlers for the configured events are called as many times as necessary, after which this function returns `TRUE` or `FALSE`.

`TRUE` is returned if the parse was successful, `FALSE` if it was not successful, or if `parser` does not refer to a valid parser. For unsuccessful parses, error information can be retrieved with xml_get_error_code(), xml_error_string(), xml_get_current_line_number(), xml_get_current_column_number() and xml_get_current_byte_index().

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