SimpleXMLElement->asXML()
(PHP 5 >= 5.0.1)
SimpleXMLElement->asXML() — Return a well-formed XML string based on SimpleXML element
说明
SimpleXMLElement
mixed asXML
([ string $filename
] )
The asXML method formats the parent object's data in XML version 1.0.
参数
- filename
-
If specified, the function writes the data to the file rather than returning it.
返回值
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.
范例
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(); // <?xml ... <a><b><c>text</c><c>stuff</c> ...
?>
asXML also works on Xpath results:
Example#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>
}
?>
