Use libxml_use_internal_errors() to suppress all XML errors,and libxml_get_errors() to iterate over them afterwards.

Simple XML loading string

libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
 
$doc = simplexml_load_string($xmlstr);
$xml = explode("\n",$xmlstr);
 
if (!$doc) {
    $errors = libxml_get_errors();
 
    foreach ($errors as $error) {
        echo display_xml_error($error,$xml);
    }
 
    libxml_clear_errors();
}