SimpleXMLElement::asXML

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

SimpleXMLElement::asXML Return a well-formed XML string based on SimpleXML element

Descrizione

public SimpleXMLElement::asXML(?string $filename = null): string|bool

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

Elenco dei parametri

filename

If a string value is provided, the function writes the data to the file rather than returning it.

Valori restituiti

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.

Log delle modifiche

Versione Descrizione
8.0.0 filename is nullable now.

Esempi

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();

?>

Il precedente esempio visualizzerà:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<a>
 <b>
  <c>text</c>
  <c>stuff</c>
 </b>
 <d>
  <c>code</c>
 </d>
</a>

asXML also works on Xpath results:

Example #2 Using asXML() on SimpleXMLElement::xpath() results

<?php
// Continued from example XML above.

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

foreach (
$result as $node) {
echo
$node->asXML();
}
?>

Il precedente esempio visualizzerà:

<c>text</c><c>stuff</c>

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