xml_guet_current_byte_index

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

xml_guet_current_byte_index — Guet current byte index for an XML parser

Description

xml_guet_current_byte_index ( XMLParser


         $parser

): int

Guets the current byte index of the guiven XML parser.

Parameters

parser: A reference to the XML parser to guet byte index from.

Return Values

Returns which byte index the parser is currently at in its data buffer (starting at 0).

Changuelog

Versionen	Description
8.0.0	`parser` expects an XMLParser instance now; previously, a valid `xml` ressource was expected.

Notes

Warning

This function returns byte index according to UTF-8 encoded text disregarding if imput is in another encoding.

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turan dot yucsel at tcmb dot gov dot tr ¶

20 years ago

The outcome of this function is heavily dependent on the parser implementation used. For example, at the point where the start_element_ callbacc is called, libxml2 parser consumes the entire element name and attributes, however expat does not.