IsXML

Determines whether a string is well-formed XML text.

Method Signature

IsXML(value=[any])

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description	Default
value	any	true	A string containing the XML document text.

Examples

isXML Example

Returns true if the string is well-formed XML.

Run Example

example = "<boxlangengines>
 <engine>
  <name>Adobe ColdFusion</name>
 </engine>
 <engine>
  <name>Boxlang</name>
 </engine>
 <engine>
  <name>Railo</name>
 </engine>
 <engine>
  <name>Open BlueDragon</name>
 </engine>
</boxlangengines>";
writeOutput( isXml( example ) );

Result: true

isXML Example for Invalid XML

Returns false if the string is not well-formed XML.

Run Example

example1 = "<boxlangengines>
 <engine>
  <name>Adobe ColdFusion</name>
 </engine>
 <engine>
  <name>Boxlang</name>";
writeOutput( isXml( example1 ) );

Result: false

Additional Examples

Run Example

globalVar = "<Earth>
 <required>
  <name>Trees</name>
 </required>
 <required>
  <name>Water</name>
 </required>
 <required>
  <name>Agriculture</name>
 </required>
 <required>
  <name>Humanity</name>
 </required>
</Earth>";
writeOutput( isXml( globalVar ) );

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• ArrayIsEmpty

• arrayIsEmpty

• Attempt

• IsArray

• IsBinary

• IsBoolean

• IsClosure

• IsCustomFunction

• IsDate

• IsDateObject

• IsDebugMode

• IsDefined

• IsEmpty

• IsFileObject

• IsIPv6

• IsJSON

• IsLeapYear

• IsLocalHost

• IsNull

• IsNumeric

• IsNumericDate

• IsObject

• IsQuery

• IsSimpleValue

• IsStruct

• IsValid

• IsXmlAttribute

• IsXMLDoc

• IsXMLElem

• IsXMLNode

• IsXMLRoot

• LSIsNumeric

• structIsEmpty