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PHP Array To XML
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| // this function takes an array (or MD array) and returns properly formatted XML without numeric element names. | |
| // based on array_to_xml from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1397036/how-to-convert-array-to-simplexml | |
| function array_to_xml( $data, &$xml_data, $element = "") { | |
| foreach( $data as $key => $value ) { | |
| if(! is_numeric($key) ){ | |
| $element = $key; | |
| //print $element . "<br>"; | |
| } else { | |
| $element = rtrim($element,'s'); | |
| //$key = 'item'.$key; //dealing with <0/>..<n/> issues | |
| //$element = $key; | |
| //print $element . "<br>"; | |
| } | |
| if( is_array($value) ) { | |
| $subnode = $xml_data->addChild($element); | |
| array_to_xml($value, $subnode, $element); | |
| } else { | |
| $xml_data->addChild("$element",htmlspecialchars("$value")); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| // takes input like this: | |
| /* | |
| $array = array(); | |
| $array["exampleOrderId"] = 1097374; | |
| $array["timeStamp"] = date("Y-m-d", time()); | |
| $array["messages"][] = "Order Received"; | |
| $array["messages"][] = "Order Submitted For Processsing"; | |
| $array["events"][] = "Top Level Event"; | |
| $array["events"][] = "Moving order to processing queue"; | |
| $array["errors"][] = "Order item is not in stock"; | |
| */ | |
| // and makes XML like this: | |
| /* | |
| <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | |
| <orderResponse> | |
| <exampleOrderId>1097374</exampleOrderId> | |
| <timeStamp>2018-11-26</timeStamp> | |
| <messages> | |
| <message>Order Received</message> | |
| <message>Order Submitted For Processsing</message> | |
| </messages> | |
| <events> | |
| <event>Top Level Event</event> | |
| <event>Moving order to processing queue</event> | |
| </events> | |
| <errors> | |
| <error>Order item is not in stock</error> | |
| </errors> | |
| </orderResponse> | |
| */ | |
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