How to generate XML files?

[lovesmith]

well i have a form, it have three fields, txtword(textbox), image(file field) and sound(file field).

The format i want is like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<photos path="images/">
   <photo name="photo1" url="1.jpg" link="one" sound="1.mp3">This is photo 1</photo>
   <photo name="photo2" url="2.jpg" link="two" sound="2.mp3">This is photo 2</photo>
   <photo name="photo3" url="3.jpg" link="three" sound="3.mp3">This is photo 3</photo>
   <photo name="photo4" url="4.jpg" link="four" sound="4.mp3">This is photo 4</photo>
   <photo name="photo5" url="5.jpg" link="five" sound="5.mp3">This is photo 5</photo>
</photos>

 

in above code the child node is added each time the form is submitted. parent node is created only when there is no xml generated before. in above code for time being neglect name and link attribute. other attributes holds value from the form data.

Any body ?

Thanks in advance

[rhodesa]

SimpleXML is probably your best bet.

 

1) Check to see if the file exists. If it does, simplexml_load_file($file), if it doesn't, simplexml_load_string('<photos path="images/"></photos')

2) Add the new photo element using the addChild() method

3) Save the new XML with the asXML($file) method

[lovesmith]

SimpleXML is probably your best bet.

 

1) Check to see if the file exists. If it does, simplexml_load_file($file), if it doesn't, simplexml_load_string('<photos path="images/"></photos')

2) Add the new photo element using the addChild() method

3) Save the new XML with the asXML($file) method

Thanks a ton man