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XMLReader
Retrieve XML from current node, including itself

XMLReader::readOuterXml

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7)

XMLReader::readOuterXml — Retrieve XML from current node, including itself

Description

public XMLReader::readOuterXml ( void ) : string

Reads the contents of the current node, including the node itself.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns the contents of current node, including itself, as a string. Empty string on failure.

Notes

Caution

This function is only available when PHP is compiled against libxml 20620 or later.

See Also

XMLReader::readString() - Reads the contents of the current node as a string
XMLReader::readInnerXml() - Retrieve XML from current node
XMLReader::expand() - Returns a copy of the current node as a DOM object