simplexml error handling php

Question

I am using the following code:

function GetTwitterAvatar($username){
$xml = simplexml_load_file(\"http://twitter.com/users/\".$username.\".xml\");
$imgurl =          


        

Answer 1

This is an old question, but is still relevant today.

The correct way to handle exceptions when using the oop SimpleXMLElment is like so.

libxml_use_internal_errors(TRUE); // this turns off spitting errors on your screen
try {
  $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlStringOfData);
} catch (Exception $e) {
  // Do something with the exception, or ignore it.
}