libxml_get_errors()

libxml_get_errors() — Retrieve array of errors.

Built-in function of PHP 8.5. The manual lists it as available in PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8. This page is the reference card: signature, parameters and return value, plus the changelog and the example the manual provides.

Signature

libxml_get_errors(): array

Parameters

This function takes no parameters.

Return value

Returns an array with LibXMLError objects if there are any errors in the buffer, or an empty array otherwise.

Example

A runnable snippet:

libxml_use_internal_errors(true); $xmlstr = <<< XML <?xml version='1.0' standalone='yes'?> <movies> <movie> <titles>PHP: Behind the Parser</title> </movie> </movies> XML; $doc = simplexml_load_string($xmlstr); $xml = explode("\n", $xmlstr); if ($doc === false) { $errors = libxml_get_errors(); foreach ($errors as $error) { echo display_xml_error($error, $xml); } libxml_clear_errors(); } function display_xml_error($error, $xml) { $return = $xml[$error->line - 1] . "\n"; $return .= str_repeat('-', $error->column) . "^\n"; switch ($error->level) { case LIBXML_ERR_WARNING: $return .= "Warning $error->code: "; break; case LIBXML_ERR_ERROR: $return .= "Error $error->code: "; break; case LIBXML_ERR_FATAL: $return .= "Fatal Error $error->code: "; break; } $return .= trim($error->message) . "\n Line: $error->line" . "\n Column: $error->column"; if ($error->file) { $return .= "\n File: $error->file"; } return "$return\n\n--------------------------------------------\n\n"; }

Output:

<titles>PHP: Behind the Parser</title> -----------------------------------------^ Fatal Error 76: Opening and ending tag mismatch: titles line 4 and title Line: 4 Column: 41 --------------------------------------------

See also

libxml_get_last_error(), libxml_clear_errors()

All PHP 8.5 built-in functions

Reference card built from the PHP manual page libxml_get_errors() (PHP documentation, CC BY 3.0). The page is generated from the manual, so the wording of the parameter and return value text follows php.net.