XMLValidate

Uses a Document Type Definition (DTD) or XML Schema to validate an XML text document or an XML document object.

Returns keys status (boolean), errors (array), fatalerrors (array) and warnings (array)

Method Signature

XMLValidate(XML=[any], validator=[string])

Arguments

Argument

Type

Required

Description

Default

XML

any

true

The XML text document or XML document object to validate.

validator

string

false

The DTD or XML Schema to use for validation. If not provided, the DTD declaration within the XML document is used.

Examples

Validate against an XML Schema

Validates that note.xml is valid according to the schema note.xsd.

Run Example

xmlValidate( "https://www.w3schools.com/xml/note.xml", "https://www.w3schools.com/xml/note.xsd" ).STATUS;

Result: false

Additional Examples

validator = "
		<?xml version=""1.0""?>
		<xs:schema xmlns:xs=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"">
			<xs:element name=""note"">
				<xs:complexType>
					<xs:sequence>
						<xs:element name=""to"" type=""xs:string""/>
						<xs:element name=""from"" type=""xs:string""/>
						<xs:element name=""heading"" type=""xs:string""/>
						<xs:element name=""body"" type=""xs:string""/>
					</xs:sequence>
				</xs:complexType>
			</xs:element>
		</xs:schema>
		";
xml_stream = "
			<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""UTF-8""?>
			<note>
				<to>Alice</to>
				<from>Bob</from>
				<heading>Reminder</heading>
				<body>Here is the message you requested.</body>
			</note>";
xml_document = XmlParse( xml_stream );
dump( xmlValidate( xml_document, validator ) );

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