DOMDocument::schemaValidateSource
If you are loading xml with the intention of validating it against an internal dtd and you have experienced issues with the validation it could be related to missing LIBXML constants.
I found this post by "aidan at php dot net" in root level dom docs and thought it might be more useful here:
As of PHP 5.1, libxml options may be set using constants rather than the use of proprietary DomDocument properties.
DomDocument->resolveExternals is equivilant to setting
LIBXML_DTDLOAD
LIBXML_DTDATTR
DomDocument->validateOnParse is equivilant to setting
LIBXML_DTDLOAD
LIBXML_DTDVALID
PHP 5.1 users are encouraged to use the new constants.
Example:
<?php
$dom = new DOMDocument;
// Resolve externals
$dom->load($file, LIBXML_DTDLOAD|LIBXML_DTDATTR);
// OR
// Validate against DTD
$dom->load($file, LIBXML_DTDLOAD|LIBXML_DTDVALID);
$dom->validate();
?>
DOMDocument::validate
(No version information available, might be only in CVS)
DOMDocument::validate — Validates the document based on its DTD
Description
bool DOMDocument::validate
( void
)
Validates the document based on its DTD.
You can also use the validateOnParse property of DOMDocument to make a DTD validation.
Return Values
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. If the document have no DTD attached, this method will return FALSE.
Examples
Example #1 Example of DTD validation
<?php
$dom = new DOMDocument;
$dom->Load('book.xml');
if ($dom->validate()) {
echo "This document is valid!\n";
}
?>
You can also validate your XML file while loading it:
<?php
$dom = new DOMDocument;
$dom->validateOnParse = true;
$dom->Load('book.xml');
?>
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User Contributed NotesDOMDocument::validate
darren at viamedia dot co dot za
05-Aug-2008 04:19
05-Aug-2008 04:19
shinkan at gmail dot com
09-Jul-2008 05:40
09-Jul-2008 05:40
It doesn't seem to support "Internal DTD Declaration" as described by http://www.w3schools.com/dtd/dtd_intro.asp .