Formatting XML file using php

[davemoody]

Hello,

 

I've just created code in my shopping cart to save an order to an xml file. Now the file has all the elements and 'children' all in one long line, which gets longer with every new order.

 

Is it possible to control how the elements etc are saved to the xml file so that they are nested?

 

Here's my php code for adding elements to the file:

 

$xdoc = new DomDocument;

$xdoc->Load('orders/orders.xml');

 

        $orders = $xdoc->getElementsByTagName('Orders')->item(0);

        $newOrderElement = $xdoc ->createElement('Order');

 

        $newUsernameElement = $xdoc ->createElement('username');

        $newEmailElement = $xdoc ->createElement('email');

        $newFirstNameElement = $xdoc ->createElement('firstname');

        $newLastNameElement = $xdoc ->createElement('lastname');

        $newStreetElement = $xdoc ->createElement('street');

        $newCityElement = $xdoc ->createElement('city');

        $newStateElement = $xdoc ->createElement('state');

        $newPostcodeElement = $xdoc ->createElement('postcode');

        $newCountryElement = $xdoc ->createElement('country');

        $newCCnumberElement = $xdoc ->createElement('ccnumber');

        $newCCexpirymonthElement = $xdoc ->createElement('ccexpirymonth');

        $newCCexpiryyearElement = $xdoc ->createElement('ccexpiryyear');

        $newOrdertotalElement = $xdoc ->createElement('ordertotal');

        $newProductorderElement = $xdoc ->createElement('productorder');

 

        $usernameNode = $xdoc ->createTextNode ($username);

$emailNode = $xdoc ->createTextNode ($email);

$firstnameNode = $xdoc ->createTextNode ($firstname);

$lastnameNode = $xdoc ->createTextNode ($lastname);

$streetNode = $xdoc ->createTextNode ($street);

$cityNode = $xdoc ->createTextNode ($city);

$stateNode = $xdoc ->createTextNode ($state);

$postcodeNode = $xdoc ->createTextNode ($postcode);

$countryNode = $xdoc ->createTextNode ($country);

$ccnumberNode = $xdoc ->createTextNode ($ccnumber);

$ccexpirymonthNode = $xdoc ->createTextNode ($ccexpirymonth);

$ccexpiryyearNode = $xdoc ->createTextNode ($ccexpiryyear);

$ordertotalNode = $xdoc ->createTextNode ($ordertotal);

$productorderNode = $xdoc ->createTextNode ($productorder);

 

        $newUsernameElement -> appendChild($usernameNode);

        $newEmailElement -> appendChild($emailNode);

        $newFirstNameElement -> appendChild($firstnameNode);

        $newLastNameElement -> appendChild($lastnameNode);

        $newStreetElement -> appendChild($streetNode);

        $newCityElement -> appendChild($cityNode);

        $newCountryElement -> appendChild($countryNode);

        $newCCnumberElement -> appendChild($ccnumberNode);

        $newCCexpirymonthElement -> appendChild($ccexpirymonthNode);

        $newCCexpiryyearElement -> appendChild($ccexpiryyearNode);

        $newOrdertotalElement -> appendChild($ordertotalNode);

        $newProductorderElement -> appendChild($productorderNode);

 

        $newOrderElement -> appendChild($newUsernameElement);

        $newOrderElement -> appendChild($newEmailElement);

        $newOrderElement -> appendChild($newFirstNameElement);

        $newOrderElement -> appendChild($newLastNameElement);

        $newOrderElement -> appendChild($newStreetElement);

        $newOrderElement -> appendChild($newCityElement);

        $newOrderElement -> appendChild($newStateElement);

        $newOrderElement -> appendChild($newCountryElement);

        $newOrderElement -> appendChild($newCCnumberElement);

        $newOrderElement -> appendChild($newCCexpirymonthElement);

        $newOrderElement -> appendChild($newCCexpiryyearElement);

        $newOrderElement -> appendChild($newOrdertotalElement);

        $newOrderElement -> appendChild($newProductorderElement);

 

        $orders -> appendChild($newOrderElement);

 

$xdoc->save('orders/orders.xml');

 

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

 

Dave.