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Description

Constructor.

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Syntax

__construct($options=null)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$options	null

Defined in

libraries/joomla/utilities/simplexml.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.utilities.simplexml' );

Source Body

function __construct($options = null)
{
        if(! function_exists('xml_parser_create')) {
                return false; //TODO throw warning
        }
 
        //Create the parser resource and make sure both versions of PHP autodetect the format.
        $this->_parser = xml_parser_create('');
 
        // check parser resource
        xml_set_object($this->_parser, $this);
        xml_parser_set_option($this->_parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, 0);
        if( is_array($options) )
        {
                foreach( $options as $option => $value ) {
                        xml_parser_set_option($this->_parser, $option, $value);
                }
        }
 
        //Set the handlers
        xml_set_element_handler($this->_parser, '_startElement', '_endElement');
        xml_set_character_data_handler($this->_parser, '_characterData');
}

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