Unable to represent properly formed XML
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 4:56 pm
Hi all I have code that is at other users seems to be working but for me not...
This is code, so can somone please try it and tell me what am I doing wrong because I am getting this output: MarkTwainCharlesDickens
And I should get this
This is my code:
And the calling method file:
Any idea why am I not getting right output. And others seems to do?
Thank you,
Denonth
This is code, so can somone please try it and tell me what am I doing wrong because I am getting this output: MarkTwainCharlesDickens
And I should get this
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<books>
<book>
<authorFirst>Mark</authorFirst>
<authorLast>Twain</authorLast>
<title>The Innocents Abroad</title>
</book>
<book>
<authorFirst>Charles</authorFirst>
<authorLast>Dickens</authorLast>
<title>Oliver Twist</title>
</book>
</books>Code: Select all
class ArrayToXML
{
/**
* The main function for converting to an XML document.
* Pass in a multi dimensional array and this recrusively loops through and builds up an XML document.
*
* @param array $data
* @param string $rootNodeName - what you want the root node to be - defaultsto data.
* @param SimpleXMLElement $xml - should only be used recursively
* @return string XML
*/
public static function toXml($data, $rootNodeName = 'data', &$xml=null)
{
// turn off compatibility mode as simple xml throws a wobbly if you don't.
if (ini_get('zend.ze1_compatibility_mode') == 1)
{
ini_set ('zend.ze1_compatibility_mode', 0);
}
if (is_null($xml))
{
$xml = simplexml_load_string("<".key($data)."s/>");
}
// loop through the data passed in.
foreach($data as $key => $value)
{
// if numeric key, assume array of rootNodeName elements
if (is_numeric($key))
{
$key = $rootNodeName;
}
// delete any char not allowed in XML element names
$key = preg_replace('/[^a-z0-9\-\_\.\:]/i', '', $key);
// if there is another array found recrusively call this function
if (is_array($value))
{
// create a new node unless this is an array of elements
$node = ArrayToXML::isAssoc($value) ? $xml->addChild($key) : $xml;
// recrusive call - pass $key as the new rootNodeName
ArrayToXML::toXml($value, $key, $node);
}
else
{
// add single node.
$value = htmlentities($value);
$xml->addChild($key,$value);
}
}
// pass back as string. or simple xml object if you want!
return $xml->asXML();
}
// determine if a variable is an associative array
public static function isAssoc( $array ) {
return (is_array($array) && 0 !== count(array_diff_key($array, array_keys(array_keys($array)))));
}
}Code: Select all
require_once('test_xml.php');
$library = array(
'book' => array(
array(
'authorFirst' => 'Mark',
'authorLast' => 'Twain',
'title' => 'The Innocents Abroad'
),
array(
'authorFirst' => 'Charles',
'authorLast' => 'Dickens',
'title' => 'Oliver Twist'
)
)
);
$ArrayToXml=new ArrayToXml();
echo $ArrayToXml->toXml($library);Thank you,
Denonth