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Description

Load an XML string into the registry into the given namespace [or default if a namespace is not given]

Syntax

loadXML($data, $namespace=null)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$data		XML formatted string to load into the registry
$namespace	null	Namespace to load the XML string into [optional]

Returns

boolean True on success

Defined in

libraries/joomla/registry/registry.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.registry.registry' );

Source Body

public function loadXML($data, $namespace = null)
{
        // Load a string into the given namespace [or default namespace if not given]
        $handler = &JRegistryFormat::getInstance('XML');

        // If namespace is not set, get the default namespace
        if ($namespace == null) {
                $namespace = $this->_defaultNameSpace;
        }

        if (!isset($this->_registry[$namespace])) {
                // If namespace does not exist, make it and load the data
                $this->makeNameSpace($namespace);
                $this->_registry[$namespace]['data'] = &$handler->stringToObject($data);
        } else {
                // Get the data in object format
                $ns = &$handler->stringToObject($data);

                /*
                 * We want to leave groups that are already in the namespace and add the
                 * groups loaded into the namespace.  This overwrites any existing group
                 * with the same name
                 */
                foreach (get_object_vars($ns) as $k => $v) {
                        $this->_registry[$namespace]['data']->$k = $v;
                }
        }

        return true;
}