PHP5:DomDocument:nice looking XMLS

[sgalonska]

hello,

I am creating som XML files with PHP5 built-in DomDocument Class. Everything works fine, but saveXML() returns the whole XML in one line. Is there any possibility to get good-looking, human readable, indented XML files with line breaks?

thanx
sebastian

[Weedpacket]

Um, it does. Using the example code from the saveXML() manual page:

$doc = new DOMDocument('1.0');
// we want a nice output
$doc->formatOutput = true;

$root = $doc->createElement('book');
$root = $doc->appendChild($root);

$title = $doc->createElement('title');
$title = $root->appendChild($title);

$text = $doc->createTextNode('This is the title');
$text = $title->appendChild($text);

echo "Retrieving all the document:\n";
echo $doc->saveXML() . "\n";

echo "Retrieving only the title part:\n";
echo $doc->saveXML($title);

The output (I get, anyway) matches the example output:

Retrieving all the document:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<book>
  <title>This is the title</title>
</book>

Retrieving only the title part:
<title>This is the title</title>

Note that the <title> node is indented, and there are linebreaks.

[sgalonska]

thank you!