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<div id="function.xml-set-character-data-handler" class="refentry">
<div class="refnamediv">
<h1 class="refname">xml_set_character_data_handler</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">xml_set_character_data_handler</span> — <span class="dc-title">Set up character data handler</span></p>
</div>
<a name="function.xml-set-character-data-handler.description"></a><div class="refsect1 description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><b>xml_set_character_data_handler</b></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <tt class="parameter">$parser</tt></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.php#language.types.callback" class="type callback">callback</a></span> <tt class="parameter">$handler</tt></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Sets the character data handler function for the XML parser
<i><tt class="parameter">parser</tt></i>
.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.xml-set-character-data-handler.parameters"></a><div class="refsect1 parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><dl>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">parser</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">handler</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
<i><tt class="parameter">handler</tt></i>
is a string containing the name of a
function that must exist when <a href="function.xml-parse.php" class="function">xml_parse()</a> is called
for <i><tt class="parameter">parser</tt></i>
.
</p>
<p class="para">
The function named by <i><tt class="parameter">handler</tt></i>
must accept
two parameters:
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="methodname"><span class="replaceable">handler</span></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <tt class="parameter">$parser</tt></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <tt class="parameter">$data</tt></span>
)</div>
</p><dl>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">parser</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<span class="simpara">
The first parameter, <span class="replaceable">parser</span>, is a
reference to the XML parser calling the handler.
</span>
</dd>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">data</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<span class="simpara">
The second parameter, <i><tt class="parameter">data</tt></i>
, contains
the character data as a string.
</span>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>
</p>
<p class="para">
Character data handler is called for every piece of a text in the XML
document. It can be called multiple times inside each fragment (e.g.
for non-ASCII strings).
</p>
<p class="para">
If a handler function is set to an empty string, or <b><tt class="constant">FALSE</tt></b>, the handler
in question is disabled.
</p>
<blockquote><p><b class="note">Note</b>: <span class="simpara">Instead of a function name, an
array containing an object reference and a method name can also be
supplied.</span></p></blockquote>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.xml-set-character-data-handler.returnvalues"></a><div class="refsect1 returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns <b><tt class="constant">TRUE</tt></b> on success or <b><tt class="constant">FALSE</tt></b> on failure.
</p>
</div>
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