XML formatting

[optikalefx]

so i have a simple xml document.

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<newsletter>
<num>5</num>
	<person>
		<fname>
		Sean
		</fname>
		<lname>
		Clark
		</lname>
		<email>
		[email protected]
		</email>
	</person>
	<person>
		<fname>
		Dan
		</fname>
		<lname>
		Schepleng
		</lname>
		<email>
		[email protected]
		</email>
	</person>

<person><fname>paul</fname><lname>boudra</lname><email>[email protected]</email></person><person><fname>michele</fname><lname>blaustein</lname><email>[email protected]</email></person><person><fname>Steve</fname><lname>Jobs</lname><email>[email protected]</email></person></newsletter>

 

as you can see, when i add nodes using code, it just puts them on a single line.  Is there any way to keep it formatted?  The first few that are actually formatted were manually put in, the rest was generated with php code.

[Northern Flame]

can we see your PHP script?

[optikalefx]

this generates the data so i can read it

<?php
echo "<table cellspacing=8";
$xml = simplexml_load_file('people.xml');
$num=$xml->num;
for ($i = 0 ; $i < $num; $i++) {
$var=$xml->person[$i];
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $var->fname . " " . $var->lname . "</td><td>" . $var->email . "</td></tr>";
}

echo "</table><br><br><br>Copy this list for emailage<br>";
for ($i = 0 ; $i < $num; $i++) {
$var=$xml->person[$i];
echo $var->email .", ";
}

?>

 

and this inputs the data from an html form

<?php

//Get values from form store in PHP variables
$fname = $_REQUEST["fname"];
$lname = $_REQUEST["lname"];
$email = $_REQUEST["email"];

//Load XML document
$xml = simplexml_load_file('newsletter/people.xml');

//Get number of contacts, add one to it
$xml->num[0]+=1;

//Add node link, and First name
$input = $xml->addChild('person');
$input->addChild('fname',$fname);
$input->addChild('lname',$lname);
$input->addChild('email',$email);

//Save and output the xml file
$xml->asXML("newsletter/people.xml");

?>

 

[Northern Flame]

I have never worked with anything like what you are doing,

but I can tell you this what you need to input, I just dont

know where to input it.

 

insert "\n"

when you want a line break and as far as the spacing

you can just have a variable with the spacing and insert

that before text, example:

<?php
$level_1 = '            ';
$level_2 = '                ';
// echo $level_1 and then insert the text and then put \n;
// echo $level_2 and then insert the text and then put \n;

?>

[optikalefx]

that would be cool...but!

 

i can echo fine.

 

I need it to be saved in the right format.  Like the function is addChild() i cant really insert a \n there.

When you go to www.ste.com/file.xml and view source, its all one line, which is annoying.