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SimpleXMLElement->asXML()

(PHP 5 >= 5.0.1)

SimpleXMLElement->asXML() — Return a well-formed XML string based on SimpleXML element

Описание

SimpleXMLElement
mixed asXML ([ string $filename ] )

The asXML method formats the parent object's data in XML version 1.0.

Список параметров

filename

If specified, the function writes the data to the file rather than returning it.

Возвращаемые значения

If the filename isn't specified, this function returns a string on success and FALSE on error. If the parameter is specified, it returns TRUE if the file was written successfully and FALSE otherwise.

Примеры

Example#1 Get XML

<?php
$string 
= <<<XML
<a>
 <b>
  <c>text</c>
  <c>stuff</c>
 </b>
 <d>
  <c>code</c>
 </d>
</a>
XML;

$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($string);

echo 
$xml->asXML(); // <?xml ... <a><b><c>text</c><c>stuff</c> ...

?>

asXML also works on Xpath results:

Example#2 Using asXML() on Xpath results

<?php
// Continued from example XML above.

/* Search for <a><b><c> */
$result $xml->xpath('/a/b/c');

while(list( , 
$node) = each($result)) {
    echo 
$node->asXML(); // <c>text</c> and <c>stuff</c>
}
?>


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