PHP Functions Essential Reference

xml_get_current_line_number

int xml_get_current_line_number(resource parserID) 

Gets the current line number for the specified parser.

Returns:

Current line number on success; FALSE on error

Description:

Returns the current line of data that the XML parser is on. This function is useful for determining where a parser error occurred.

Version:

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

Example:

Get the current line number on 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 if (!xml_parse($xmlparser, $xmldata, feof($fp))) { // if parsing fails print the error description ...