The outcome of this function is heavily dependent on the parser implementation used. For example, at the point where the start_element_ callback is called, libxml2 parser consumes the entire element name and attributes, however expat does not.
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
xml_get_current_byte_index — Get current byte index for an XML parser
Gets the current byte index of the given XML parser.
parser
A reference to the XML parser to get byte index from.
Returns which byte index the parser is currently at in its data buffer (starting at 0).
Version | Description |
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8.0.0 |
parser expects an XMLParser
instance now; previously, a valid xml resource was expected.
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This function returns byte index according to UTF-8 encoded text disregarding if input is in another encoding.
The outcome of this function is heavily dependent on the parser implementation used. For example, at the point where the start_element_ callback is called, libxml2 parser consumes the entire element name and attributes, however expat does not.