PHP Functions Essential Reference

xml_get_current_column_number

int xml_get_current_column_number(resource parserID) 

Gets the current column number for the specified parser.

Returns:

Column number on success; FALSE on error

Description:

Returns the current column number for the current line of data that the XML parser is on. To determine the current line, use xml_get_current_line_number(). This function is useful for determining where the parser failed.

Version:

PHP 3 >= 3.0.6, PHP 4 >= 4.0b1

Example:

Get the current column number on a parse error

// an invalid XML document $xmlfile = 'myxmlfile.xml'; $xmlparser = xml_parser_create(); // open a file and read data from it for parsing $fp = fopen($xmlfile, 'r'); while ($xmldata = fread($fp, 4096)) { // parse the data chunk ...