SimpleXMLElement->asXML()

(PHP 5 >= 5.0.1)

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>

}

?>