# xml_get_current_column_number

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

xml_get_current_column_number — Get current column number for an XML parser

### Description

xml_get_current_column_number ( resource `$parser` ) : int

Gets the current column number of the given XML parser.

### Parameters

`parser`

  A reference to the XML parser to get column number from.

### Return Values

This function returns `FALSE` if `parser` does not refer to a valid parser, or else it returns which column on the current line (as given by xml_get_current_line_number()) the parser is currently at.

### See Also

- xml_get_current_byte_index() - Get current byte index for an XML parser
- xml_get_current_line_number() - Get current line number for an XML parser