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DOMDocument::schemaValidateSource	DOMDocument::xinclude

	Last updated: Thu, 26 Jun 2008

DOMDocument::validate

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DOMDocument::validate — Validates the document based on its DTD

bool DOMDocument::validate ( void )

Validates the document based on its DTD.

You can also use the validateOnParse property of DOMDocument to make a DTD validation.

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. If the document have no DTD attached, this method will return FALSE.

Example #1 Example of DTD validation


<?php

$dom = new DOMDocument;

$dom->Load('book.xml');

if ($dom->validate()) {

    echo "This document is valid!\n";

}

?>

You can also validate your XML file while loading it:


<?php

$dom = new DOMDocument;

$dom->validateOnParse = true;

$dom->Load('book.xml');

?>