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SimpleXMLElement::asXML

(PHP 5 >= 5.0.1, PHP 7)

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

Descrierea

public mixed SimpleXMLElement::asXML ([ string $filename ] )

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

Parametri

filename

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

Valorile întoarse

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.

Exemple

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();

?>

Exemplul de mai sus va afișa:

<?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');

while(list( , $node) = each($result)) {
    echo $node->asXML();
}
?>

Exemplul de mai sus va afișa:

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

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