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

I thinks this is a better way

$use_errors = libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
$xml = simplexml_load_file($url);
if (false === $xml) {
  // throw new Exception("Cannot load xml source.\n");
}
libxml_clear_errors();
libxml_use_internal_errors($use_errors);

more info: http://php.net/manual/en/function.libxml-use-internal-errors.php