simplexmlloadstring
simplexml_load_string is a PHP function in the SimpleXML extension that parses an XML document provided as a string and returns a SimpleXMLElement object representing the data. It is used to access XML content with object properties rather than navigating a DOM tree, offering a concise API for common XML tasks.
The function signature is simplexml_load_string(string $data, string $class_name = "SimpleXMLElement", int $options = 0, string $ns = "", bool $is_prefix
Error handling is typically done by enabling internal libxml error handling, using libxml_use_internal_errors(true) before the call
Example usage: given $xmlString = "<note><to>Alice</to><from>Bob</from><body>Hello</body></note>"; you can do $xml = simplexml_load_string($xmlString); then access elements as properties, such
Security and performance considerations include parsing in-memory strings and avoiding untrusted XML risks. If processing untrusted