Save XML file from textarea, validation problem?

[Packy]

Hello hello,

 

I have loaded XML file into textarea, after editing, how to save it?

 

Going with:

$sample = $HTTP_POST_VARS['XML_file_textarea'];

$sample = $dom->saveXML();

$dom->save('XML/sample.xml');

 

does not work because I lose ane XML tag, I only have saved information between tags.

 

Is this some validation issue where PHP delibarately strip tags or something else?

 

Please help.

 

Thanks...

 

Here is complete code of page:

 

<?php

$dom = new DOMDocument;

$dom->load('XML/sample.xml');

$dom->formatOutput = true;

$sample = $dom->saveXML();

?>

 

<table border=1>

<form name="XML_textarea" action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>" method="post">

<tr>

<td><textarea rows="30" cols="100" name="XML_file_textarea"><?php print $sample; ?></textarea></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="right"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"></td>

</tr>

</form>

</table>

 

<?php

if ($HTTP_POST_VARS["submit"]=="Submit"){

$sample = $HTTP_POST_VARS['XML_file_textarea'];

 

echo $sample . "<br><br><br>";

 

$sample = $dom->saveXML();

$dom->save('XML/sample.xml');

echo '<br>Changes saved.<br>';

} //if HTTP_POST_VARS

?>

 

[JacobYaYa]

You lose the <?xml  tag ?  I think you will have to use HTML entities to display them within the text area and then convert them to <? etc when you want to insert them to the database.

[Packy]

I lose every tag... I only get values from elements.

 

For example, XML file like this:

 

<hotel>Paris</hotel>

<room_number>5555</room_number>

<beds>2</beds>,

 

would give just: Paris55552

 

Thanks for reply...