Simple way to get the URI of the default namespace:
<?php
$document = new DOMDocument();
$document->load($xml_file);
$uri = $document->documentElement->lookupnamespaceURI(NULL);
?>
(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
DOMNode::lookupNamespaceURI — Gets the namespace URI of the node based on the prefix
Gets the namespace URI of the node based on the
prefix.
prefix
The prefix to look for. If this parameter is null, the method will return the default namespace URI, if any.
Returns the associated namespace URI or null if none is found.
Simple way to get the URI of the default namespace:
<?php
$document = new DOMDocument();
$document->load($xml_file);
$uri = $document->documentElement->lookupnamespaceURI(NULL);
?>You have to pass *null* to lookupNamespaceURI if you want to read the default namespace. Passing an empty string doesn't work - even though the documentation says that lookupNamespaceURI takes a string as argument (and null would just be converted to an empty string).