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Description

Get an XML document

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Syntax

static getXMLParser($type= '', $options=array())

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$type		The type of xml parser needed 'DOM', 'RSS' or 'Simple'
$options	array()	string ['rssUrl'] the rss url to parse when using "RSS" string ['cache_time'] with 'RSS' - feed cache time. If not defined defaults to 3600 sec

Returns

object Parsed XML document object

Defined in

libraries/joomla/factory.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.factory' );

Source Body

public static function getXMLParser($type = '', $options = array())
{
        $doc = null;

        switch (strtolower($type))
        {
                case 'rss' :
                case 'atom' :
                        {
                                $cache_time = isset($options['cache_time']) ? $options['cache_time'] : 0;
                                $doc = JFactory::getFeedParser($options['rssUrl'], $cache_time);
                        }       break;

                case 'simple':
                        // JError::raiseWarning('SOME_ERROR_CODE', 'JSimpleXML is deprecated. Use JFactory::getXML instead');
                        jimport('joomla.utilities.simplexml');
                        $doc = new JSimpleXML();
                        break;

                case 'dom':
                        JError::raiseWarning('SOME_ERROR_CODE', 'DommitDocument is deprecated.  Use DomDocument instead');
                        $doc = null;
                        break;

                        throw new JException('DommitDocument is deprecated.  Use DomDocument instead');
                default :
                        $doc = null;
        }

        return $doc;
}

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