salernolabs/php-to-xml

Simple class to convert PHP objects to XML, with tests.

salernolabs/php-to-xml

, _(*1)

Just a simple class that converts a PHP object to XML, with tests, and no SimpleXML requirement., _(*2)

Yes, I'm fully aware of the existence of SimpleXMLElement::asXML() and solutions that use it., _(*3)

Usage

First include the package in your project via composer., _(*4)

composer require salernolabs/php-to-xml

An example usage would be something like this:, _(*5)

$object = new \stdClass();
$object->hello = 'world';
$object->items = ['one', 'two', 'three'];
$object->samples = ['sample1'=>true, 'sample2'=>false, 'sample3'=>'I dunno!'];

$converter = new \SalernoLabs\PHPToXML\Convert();
$xml = $converter
    ->setObjectData($object)
    ->convert();

At this point, the value of $xml is expected to be a string with the following contents:, _(*6)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<data>
    <hello>world</hello>
    <items>one</items>
    <items>two</items>
    <items>three</items>
    <samples>
        <sample1>1</sample1>
        <sample2></sample2>
        <sample3>I dunno!</sample3>
    </samples>
</data>

The converter is currently setup so multiple calls to convert() will return the last created data. Calls to setObjectData will clear the cache., _(*7)

Limitations

I haven't added attribute or CDATA support in yet. It also doesn't collapse/remove empty nodes. Maybe later, pull requests welcome!, _(*8)