PHP | XMLReader close() Function

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The XMLReader::close() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to close the input of XMLReader object which is currently parsing.

Syntax:

bool XMLReader::close( void )

Parameters: This function doesn’t accepts any parameters.

Return Value: This function returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Below examples illustrate the XMLReader::close() function in PHP:

Program 1:

data.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<root>

<p> Hello world </p>

</root>

index.php

<?php 
  
// Create a new XMLReader instance 
$XMLReader = new XMLReader(); 
  
// Open the XML file 
$XMLReader->open('data.xml'); 
  
// Close the XML Reader before reading XML 
$XMLReader->close(); 
  
// Move to the first node 
$XMLReader->read(); 
  
// Read it as a string 
$string = $XMLReader->readString(); 
  
// Output the string to the browser 
echo $string; 
?> 

Output:

// Blank because we closed the input of the XMLReader before reading XML

Program 2:

data.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<body>

<h1> zambiatek </h1>

</body>

index.php

<?php 
  
// Create a new XMLReader instance 
$XMLReader = new XMLReader(); 
  
// Open the XML file 
$XMLReader->open('data.xml'); 
  
// Move to the first node 
$XMLReader->read(); 
  
// Read it as a string 
$string = $XMLReader->readString(); 
  
// Output the string to the browser 
echo $string; 
  
// Close the XML Reader after reading XML 
$XMLReader->close(); 
?> 