Simple XML Output - formatting

[dweb]

hi

 

i wonder if someone can help

 

i have some code to make a simple XML output

<?php
header('Content-type: text/xml');
header('Pragma: public');
header('Cache-control: private');
header('Expires: -1');
echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>
<xml>
<customers>
    <id>song_path</id>
    <name>David</name>
    <promos>
    D123OO
    M876TT
    B765DC
    LO122M
    </promos>
</customers>
</xml>";
?>

my problem is;

 

when the XML is displayed in the browser, it forces the values in <promos> onto 1 line

 

<promos>D123OO M876TT B765DC LO122M</promos>

 

is it possible to keep the formatting, so it outputs

 

<promos>
D123OO
M876TT
B765DC
LO122M
</promos>

 

i have tried lots of different things but nothing seems to work

 

\r\n

\n\r

\n

\r

<br />

<p>

 

the only option which came close was <br />, but the XML actually displays the <br /> tag

 

can anyone help?

 

thank you

[Barand]

Put "\n" in the string to replace the spaces.

 

When you output in the browser use

echo nl2br($promo);

which will put <br> where the \n are

[dweb]

thanks, but I dont want to output the <br /> tag, I just want line breaks excluding the tag

[brandon66]

How about something like this 

<promo1>D123OO</promo1>
<promo2>M876TT</promo2>
<promo3>B765DC</promo3>
<promo4>LO122M</promo4>

I beleive it can be done like this also

<promo>D123OO</promo>
<promo>M876TT</promo>
<promo>B765DC</promo>
<promo>LO122M</promo>

//Then you can reference it like

$xml->customers->promo[1];
$xml->customers->promo[2];
$xml->customers->promo[3];
$xml->customers->promo[4];

Edited November 21, 2013 by brandon66