libxml_use_internal_errors

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7)

libxml_use_internal_errors — Disable libxml errors and allow user to fetch error information as needed

Description

libxml_use_internal_errors ([ bool|null $use_errors = null ] ) : bool

libxml_use_internal_errors() allows you to disable standard libxml errors and enable user error handling.

Parameters

use_errors: Enable (true) user error handling or disable (false) user error handling. Disabling will also clear any existing libxml errors.

Return Values

This function returns the previous value of use_errors.

Changelog

Version	Description
8.0.0	`use_errors` is nullable now. Previously, its default was `false`.

Examples

Example #1 A libxml_use_internal_errors() example

This example demonstrates the basic usage of libxml errors and the value returned by this function.

<?php

// enable user error handling
var_dump(libxml_use_internal_errors(true));

// load the document
$doc = new DOMDocument;

if (!$doc->load('file.xml')) {
    foreach (libxml_get_errors() as $error) {
        // handle errors here
    }

    libxml_clear_errors();
}

?>

The above example will output:

bool(false)