Function
SimpleXMLElement::asXML()- is a built-in PHP function that returns a well-formed XML string from a SimpleXML object.
Syntax:mixed SimpleXMLElement::asXML ($filename)
Parameters:This function takes one parameter,
$filename, which is optional. It specifies a function to save data to a file instead of returning it as XML.
Returned value:Returns a string representing the data and file name if specified on success, or false in error.
Note.This feature is available for PHP 5.0.1 and later.
Example 1:
// Load XML document into $user $user = < < < XML
< user > < username > user123 < / username > < name > firstname lastname < / name > + 91-XXXXXXXXXX < / phone > < detail > I am John Doe. Live in Kolkata, India. < / detail > < / user >
XML;
// Create a new SimpleXMLElement object from $user $xml = new SimpleXMLElement ( $user );
// Print in XML format echo $xml -> asXML(); echo $xml -> asXML ( ’savexmltofile.xml’ );
?> Output:user123 firstname lastname + 91-XXXXXXXXXX I am John Doe. Live in Kolkata, India. 1
Saved XML file: Example 2.Storing the XML filename with sample.xml xml version = " 1.0 " ?> < user > < username > user123 < / username > < name > firstname lastname < / name > < phone > + 91-XXXXXXXXXX < / phone > < detail > I am John Doe. Live in Kolkata, India. < / detail > < / user > index.php
// Load the XML document from sample.xml into
// $user and create a new SimpleXMLElement
// object $xml = new SimpleXMLElement ( "sample.xml" , 0, TRUE);
// Print data as XML echo $xml -> asXML(); echo $xml -> asXML ( ’savexmltofile.xml’ );
?> Output:user123 firstname lastname + 91-9876543210 I am John Doe. Live in Kolkata, India. 1
Saved XML file:
