SimpleXMLElement->asXML
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SimpleXMLElement->asXML —
Return a well-formed XML string based on SimpleXML element
Description
SimpleXMLElement
mixed asXML
([ string $filename
] )
The asXML method formats the parent object's data
in XML version 1.0.
Parameters
-
filename
-
If specified, the function writes the data to the file rather than
returning it.
Return Values
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.
Examples
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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