How to shut up simpleXML on malformed data?

Question

I have a XML setting I am trying to load using simplexml. The XML setting can be edited by the user of a web application. I want to handle errors myself and dispatch a warning message to the user interface. However, simplexml keeps throwing warnings on malformed XML instead of quietly returning false.

How can I make simpleXML shut up and not throw a warning? Is there an option for that?

Answer 1

Put an @ in front of the function that is throwing the warning, this will suppress all warning messages.

Answer 2

Use libxml_use_internal_errors() to suppress XML errors.

You can then use libxml_get_errors() to inspect any errors if you need to.