asXML ( $filename )

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

Access

public

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

$filename

string

Optional

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

Returns

Type

Description

mixed

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.

Examples

Get XML

$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();
Result:
<?xml version="1.0"
<a>
 <b>
  <c>text</c>
  <c>stuff</c>
 </b>
 <d>
  <c>code</c>
 </d>
</a>

Using asXML() on results

// Continued from example XML above.

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

while(list( , $node) = each($result)) {
    echo $node->asXML();
}
Result:
<c>text</c><c>stuff</c>

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