Column numbers apparently start at 0. So you may want to add 1.
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
xml_get_current_column_number — Get current column number for an XML parser
$parser
)Gets the current column number of the given XML parser.
parserA reference to the XML parser to get column number from.
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.
"Column number" refers to the current character position within the current line of the XML document.