The xml_get_current_column_number() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to get the current column number of given parser.
Syntax:
int xml_get_current_column_number( resource $xml_parser )
Parameters: This function accepts single parameter $xml_parser which is required. This parameter holds the reference of XML parser from which get the column number.
Return Value: This function returns the column number on which the specified xml parser currently running on success or False on failure.
Note:
- This function is available for PHP 4.0.0 and newer version.
- These examples may not work on online IDE. So, try to run it on local server or php hosted servers.
gfg.xml file:
<? xml version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-8" ?>
< user >
< username > user123 </ username >
< name > firstname lastname </ name >
< phone > +91-9876543210 </ phone >
< detail > I am John Doe. Live in Kolkata, India. </ detail >
</ users >
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Program 1:
<?php // XML file containing mismatch tags $xml_file = 'gfg.xml' ;
// XML parser initialization $xml_parser = xml_parser_create();
// File opening in read mode $file_pointer = fopen ( $xml_file , 'r' );
// Reading data from the file stream while ( $xml_data = fread ( $file_pointer , 4096)) {
// Parse the data chunk
if (!xml_parse( $xml_parser , $xml_data ,
feof ( $file_pointer ))) {
// Displaying errors
die ( print "ERROR: " .
// Error string
xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code( $xml_parser )) .
"<br/>Error Code: " .
// Error code
xml_get_error_code( $xml_parser ) .
"<br/>Line: " .
// Line number where the error occurred
xml_get_current_line_number( $xml_parser ) .
"<br/>Column: " .
// Column number where the error occurred
xml_get_current_column_number( $xml_parser ) .
"<br/>Byte Index: " .
// Byte index where the current byte occurred
xml_get_current_byte_index( $xml_parser ) . "<br/>"
);
}
} // Free to XML parser xml_parser_free( $xml_parser );
?> |
Output:
ERROR: Mismatched tag Error Code: 76 Line: 7 Column: 13 Byte Index: 208
geeks.xml file:
<? xml version = "1.0 encoding=" utf-8"?>
< user >
< username > user123 </ username >
< name > firstname lastname </ name >
< phone > +91-9876543210 </ phone >
< detail > I am John Doe. Live in Kolkata, India. </ detail >
</ user >
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Program 2:
<?php // XML file containing mismatch tags $xml_file = 'geeks.xml' ;
// XML parser initialization $xml_parser = xml_parser_create();
// File opening in read mode $file_pointer = fopen ( $xml_file , 'r' );
// Reading data from the file stream while ( $xml_data = fread ( $file_pointer , 4096)) {
// Parse the data chunk
if (!xml_parse( $xml_parser , $xml_data ,
feof ( $file_pointer ))) {
// Displaying errors
die ( print "ERROR: " .
// Error string
xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code( $xml_parser )) .
"<br/>Error Code: " .
// Error code
xml_get_error_code( $xml_parser ) .
"<br/>Line: " .
// Line number where the error occurred
xml_get_current_line_number( $xml_parser ) .
"<br/>Column: " .
// Column number where the error occurred
xml_get_current_column_number( $xml_parser ) .
"<br/>Byte Index: " .
// Byte index where the current byte occurred
xml_get_current_byte_index( $xml_parser ) . "<br/>"
);
}
} // Free to XML parser xml_parser_free( $xml_parser );
?> |
Output:
ERROR: String not closed expecting " or ' Error Code: 34 Line: 1 Column: 36 Byte Index: 37
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.xml-get-current-column-number.php