How can I convert an array to a SimpleXML object in PHP?
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I found all of the answers to use too much code. Here is an easy way to do it:
function to_xml(SimpleXMLElement $object, array $data)
{
foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
if (is_array($value)) {
$new_object = $object->addChild($key);
to_xml($new_object, $value);
} else {
// if the key is an integer, it needs text with it to actually work.
if ($key != 0 && $key == (int) $key) {
$key = "key_$key";
}
$object->addChild($key, $value);
}
}
}
Then it's a simple matter of sending the array into the function, which uses recursion, so it will handle a multi-dimensional array:
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement('<rootTag/>');
to_xml($xml, $my_array);
Now $xml contains a beautiful XML object based on your array exactly how you wrote it.
print $xml->asXML();
You can do this through DOM also. Please see below code.
<?php
$el = array();
$command = array();
$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'utf-8');
$dom->formatOutput = true;
$xml_array = [
'root'=>[
'Good guy' => [
'name' => [
'_cdata' => 'Luke Skywalker'
],
'weapon' => 'Lightsaber'
],
'Bad guy' => [
'name' => 'Sauron',
'weapon' => 'Evil Eye'
]
]
];
convert_xml($xml_array);
if(!empty($el))
{
$dom->appendChild(end($el));
}
echo $dom->saveXML();
?>
<?php
function convert_xml($Xml)
{
global $el, $dom;
foreach($Xml as $id=>$val)
{
if(is_numeric($id))
{
$id = "Item".($id);
}
$id = str_replace(' ', '-', strtolower($id));
if(is_array($val))
{
$ele = $dom->createElement($id);
array_push($el, $ele);
convert_xml($val);
}
else
{
$ele = $dom->createElement($id, $val);
if(!empty($el))
{
$com = end($el)->appendChild($ele);
}
else
{
$dom->appendChild($ele);
}
}
}
if(sizeof($el) > 1)
{
$child = end($el);
$com = prev($el)->appendChild($child);
array_pop($el);
}
}
?>
i think all the above solutions are nice but what i see so far, it not really creates an exact well formed XML because of ARRAY Keys with $my_array[main_node][multiple_values][] = array('id' => '1') are then converted into
<main_node>
<multiple_values>
<0>
<id>1 test</id>
</0>
</multiple_values>
<multiple_values>
<1>
<id>2 test</id>
</1>
</multiple_values>
</main_node>
which is a problem on a XML Parser side...
I should be like this:
<main_node>
<multiple_values>
<id>1 test</id>
</multiple_values>
<multiple_values>
<id>2 test</id>
</multiple_values>
</main_node>
So if you parse this by load_simple_xml...you will exactly the same array/object structure back.
My function also auto create the correct root node automatic.
// Code to convert php array to xml document 20211112
function array2xml(array $data, $xml_class_obj = '', $group_by_parent_allowed = '', $options = array())
{
if(!$xml_class_obj) :
$is_root = 1;
$xml_class_obj = new XMLWriter();
$xml_class_obj->openMemory();
$xml_class_obj->setIndent(TRUE);
$xml_class_obj->setIndentString(' ');
if($options['encoding'] != '') $xml_class_obj->startDocument('1.0', $options['encoding']);
else $xml_class_obj->startDocument('1.0');
endif;
foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
if (is_array($value)) { // IS ARRAY
// check if allow below keys are int, if yes group them to same parent tree
$group_by_parent = $key;
foreach(array_keys($value) as $c_keys) :
if(!is_int($c_keys)) $group_by_parent = '';
endforeach;
if(empty($group_by_parent)) $xml_class_obj->startElement($key);
if($group_by_parent_allowed != '') $xml_class_obj->startElement($group_by_parent_allowed);
$this->array2xml($value, $xml_class_obj, $group_by_parent, $options);
if(empty($group_by_parent)) $xml_class_obj->endElement();
} else { // IS VALUE
if(is_string($value)) :
$xml_class_obj->startElement($key);
$xml_class_obj->writeCData($value);
$xml_class_obj->endElement();
else :
$xml_class_obj->writeElement($key, $value);
endif;
}
} // foreach
if($group_by_parent_allowed != '') $xml_class_obj->endElement();
if($is_root == 1) :
$xml_class_obj->endDocument();
return $xml_class_obj->outputMemory();
else :
return $xml_class_obj;
endif;
}
// usage
$ary_new_xml = array();
$ary_new_xml['order']['customer']['customerid'] = '123456';
$ary_new_xml['order']['customer']['customertype'] = 15;
$ary_new_xml['order']['orderprio'] = 2;
$ary_new_xml['order']['orderpos'][] = array('sku' => 9999910001111, 'quantity' => 3);
$ary_new_xml['order']['orderpos'][] = array('sku' => 9999910002222, 'quantity' => 1);
echo array2xml($ary_new_xml,'','',array('enconding' => 'UTF-8'));
Results in:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<order>
<customer>
<customerid>82936639</customerid>
<customertype>15</customertype>
</customer>
<orderprio>2</orderprio>
<orderpos>
<sku>9999910001111</sku>
<quantity>3</quantity>
</orderpos>
<orderpos>
<sku>9999910002222</sku>
<quantity>1</quantity>
</orderpos>
</order>
I hope this helps somebody out there ;)
You can use Mustache Template Engine and make a Template like:
{{#RECEIVER}}
<RECEIVER>
<COMPANY>{{{COMPANY}}}</COMPANY>
<CONTACT>{{{CONTACT}}}</CONTACT>
<ADDRESS>{{{ADDRESS}}}</ADDRESS>
<ZIP>{{ZIP}}</ZIP>
<CITY>{{{CITY}}}</CITY>
</RECEIVER>
{{/RECEIVER}}
{{#DOC}}
<DOC>
<TEXT>{{{TEXT}}}</TEXT>
<NUMBER>{{{NUMBER}}}</NUMBER>
</DOC>
{{/DOC}}
Use it like this in PHP:
require_once( __DIR__ .'/../controls/Mustache/Autoloader.php' );
Mustache_Autoloader::register();
$oMustache = new Mustache_Engine();
$sTemplate = implode( '', file( __DIR__ ."/xml.tpl" ));
$return = $oMustache->render($sTemplate, $res);
echo($return);
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