[SOLVED] Missing xml opening tag

[doc1355]

I have a process.php with the following code:

 

<?php
    $xdoc = new DomDocument;
    $xdoc->Load('1.xml');
    $test = $xdoc->save("2.xml");
?>

 

It should load 1.xml file, and saves it as 2.xml.

Here is my 1.xml file:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<products>
  <product>
    <sku>10001</sku>
    <ti>Searchlight</ti>
    <qty>3</qty>
    <price>822.51</price>
    <st>1</st>
  </product>
  <product>
    <sku>10002</sku>
    <ti>Radio</ti>
    <qty></qty>
    <price>320.86</price>
    <st></st>
  </product>
</products>

 

and here is my 2.xml:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<products>
  <product>
    <sku>10001</sku>
    <ti>Searchlight</ti>
    <qty>3</qty>
    <price>822.51</price>
    <st>1</st>
  </product>
  <product>
    <sku>10002</sku>
    <ti>Radio</ti>
    </qty>
    <price>320.86</price>
    </st>
  </product>
</products>

 

When I look at 2.xml, if there was a child element that had no value (<qty> and <st>) in 1.xml, it shows only as </qty> and </st> in 2.xml. The opening tag is not there. Is there anything I'm doing worng ? how can I fix this?

 

Thanks

[FIREBALL5]

So I'm guessing that your code there only copies the XML file?

[doc1355]

Will, my origianl code is much more than this. It adds attributes to the 2.xml. But I removed those extra codes only to prevent confusion here. The aboce code should copy the xml without change, but it is dropping the opeing tags for empty attributes. You can try above codes and see the result.

[BlueSkyIS]

my output, with tags closed:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<products>
  <product>
    <sku>10001</sku>
    <ti>Searchlight</ti>
    <qty>3</qty>
    <price>822.51</price>
    <st>1</st>
  </product>
  <product>
    <sku>10002</sku>
    <ti>Radio</ti>
    <qty/>
    <price>320.86</price>
    <st/>
  </product>
</products>

[doc1355]

Yes, if you check the second product, it shows only <st/> and <qty/>. Is this correct or it should look like this:

 

<st></st>
<qty></qty>

 

 

[DarkWater]

TECHNICALLY, empty elements can be written as <elem_name />, such as <img /> or a line break, so I guess it's correct.

[doc1355]

Thanks,

That is all I wanted to know.

You guys rock with your quick responses.