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Convert PHP array to XML with support for attributes and CDATA

array2xml

Convert PHP array to XML with support for attributes and CDATA

Entire project is based on this issue responses.

Sample usage (it's just a code from my project):

THE CODE:

$xml = new ArrayToXML();
print $xml->buildXML($input);

INPUT:


$input = array('product' => array(
      '@id' => 7,
      'name' => 'some string',
      'seo' => 'some-string',
      'ean' => '',
      'producer' => array(
          'name' => null,
          'photo' => '1.png'
      ),
      'stock' => 123,
      'trackstock' => 0,
      'new' => 0,
      'pricewithoutvat' => 1111,
      'price' => 1366.53,
      'discountpricenetto' => null,
      'discountprice' => null,
      'vatvalue' => 23,
      'currencysymbol' => 'PLN',
      '#description' => '',
      '#longdescription' => '',
      '#shortdescription' => '',
      'category' => array(
          'photo' => '1.png',
          'name' => 'test3',
      ),
      'staticattributes' => array(
          'attributegroup' => array(
              1 => array(
                  '@name' => 'attributes group',
                  'attribute' => array(
                      0 => array(
                          'name' => 'second',
                          'description' => 'desc2',
                          'file' => '',
                      ),
                      1 => 
                        array(
                          'name' => 'third',
                          'description' => 'desc3',
                          'file' => '',
                      ),
                  )
              )
          )
      ),
      'attributes' => array(),
      'photos' => array(
          'photo' => array(
              0 => array(
                  '@mainphoto' => '1',
                  '%' => '1.png',
              ),
              1 => array(
                  '@mainphoto' => '0',
                  '%' => '2.png',
              ),
              2 => array(
                  '@mainphoto' => '0',
                  '%' => '3.png',
              )
          )
      )
));

OUTPUT (XML data):


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<data>
    <product id="8">
        <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
        <longdescription><![CDATA[]]></longdescription>
        <shortdescription><![CDATA[]]></shortdescription>
        <name>some string</name>
        <seo>some-string</seo>
        <ean></ean>
        <producer>
            <name></name>
            <photo>1.png</photo>
        </producer>
        <stock>123</stock>
        <trackstock>0</trackstock>
        <new>0</new>
        <pricewithoutvat>1111</pricewithoutvat>
        <price>1366.53</price>
        <discountpricenetto></discountpricenetto>
        <discountprice></discountprice>
        <vatvalue>23</vatvalue>
        <currencysymbol>PLN</currencysymbol>
        <category>
            <photo>1.png</photo>
            <name>test3</name>
        </category>
        <staticattributes>
            <attributegroup name="attributes group">
                <attribute>
                    <name>second</name>
                        <description><p>desc2</p></description>
                    <file></file>
                </attribute>
                <attribute>
                    <name>third</name>
                        <description><p>desc3</p></description>
                    <file></file>
                </attribute>
            </attributegroup>
        </staticattributes>
        <photos>
            <photo mainphoto="1">1.png</photo>
            <photo mainphoto="0">2.png</photo>
            <photo mainphoto="0">3.png</photo>
        </photos>
    </product>
</data>