SimpleXMLElement->asXML()

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SimpleXMLElement->asXML() --  Return a well-formed XML string based on SimpleXML element

Descrição

class SimpleXMLElement {

mixed asXML ( [string filename] )

}

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

Parâmetros

filename

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

Valores de retornado

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.

Exemplos

Exemplo 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:

Exemplo 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>
}
?>