DOMDocument::validate

(PHP 5)

DOMDocument::validate — Validates the document based on its DTD

public bool DOMDocument::validate ( void )

Validates the document based on its DTD.

You can also use the validateOnParse property of DOMDocument to make a DTD validation.

Retorna TRUE em caso de sucesso ou FALSE em caso de falha. If the document have no DTD attached, this method will return FALSE.

Exemplo #1 Example of DTD validation


<?php
$dom = new DOMDocument;
$dom->Load('book.xml');
if ($dom->validate()) {
    echo "This document is valid!\n";
}
?>

You can also validate your XML file while loading it:


<?php
$dom = new DOMDocument;
$dom->validateOnParse = true;
$dom->Load('book.xml');
?>

DOMDocument::schemaValidate() - Validates a document based on a schema
DOMDocument::schemaValidateSource() - Validates a document based on a schema
DOMDocument::relaxNGValidate() - Performs relaxNG validation on the document
DOMDocument::relaxNGValidateSource() - Performs relaxNG validation on the document