formatting xml

[optikalefx]

i asked this once before, but i wasnt clear.

 

you know how an xml document is like

<tag>

    <tag>

    <tag>

<tag>

 

well with simpleXML (google it) you can add nodes and such by way of using this:

$xml = simplexml_load_file('file.xml');

$input1 = $xml->addChild('tag');

$input2 = $input1->addChild(tag inside tag');

$input2->addChild('tag',$data);

 

really easy, i use it a lot.

However, the problem is that the xml this creates is like this:

<person><detail><fname>bob</fname><lname>hadababy</lname><address>itsaboy</address><skills>yahoo</skills></detail></person><person><detail><fname\n>another</fname\n><lname>test</lname><address>to</address><skills>see</skills></detail></person></sean>

 

it creates one string, instead of line breaking.  How the hell can i line break?

The only way around this i guess is not use XML at all!  Just have php open the file, and use javascript to getElementsByTagName and add childNode that way, with that approach i can add a \n in there.  but that is voiding the point of using XML commands.  any ideas??

[~n[EO]n~]

Did you try the tutorials found here , maybe some help 

[desithugg]

Umm I'm not totally sure what you mean but why don't you just use preg/str replace to add \n to the string so.

<?php
$bbcode = array("'\</(.*?)\>'is" => "</\\1>\n");
$xml = preg_replace(array_keys($bbcode), array_values($bbcode), $xml);
?>

something like that could work

[sKunKbad]

n~ link=topic=172873.msg766954#msg766954 date=1198132901]

Did you try the tutorials found here , maybe some help 

 

I tried the tutorial, and it still writes the tags all to one line.

[optikalefx]

Umm I'm not totally sure what you mean but why don't you just use preg/str replace to add \n to the string so.

<?php
$bbcode = array("'\</(.*?)\>'is" => "</\\1>\n");
$xml = preg_replace(array_keys($bbcode), array_values($bbcode), $xml);
?>

something like that could work

 

 

Do you mind explaining what  \</(.$?)\>'is => "</\\1>\n"); is doing?

 

i see the escape </ and something then escape >  and then after is </ something 1 >\n

 

does (.$?) get all tags or something? and the \\1  idk

[effigy]

tidy.

[sKunKbad]

Tidy is really nice, but it needs to be enabled on your php installation. The following code would work perfectly for you in php5:

 

<?php
$xml = "<sean><person><detail><fname>bob</fname><lname>hadababy</lname><address>itsaboy</address><skills>yahoo</skills></detail></person><person><detail><fname\n>another</fname\n><lname>test</lname><address>to</address><skills>see</skills></detail></person></sean>";
$config = array(
'input-xml'				=> true,
'indent'				=> true,
'output-xml'			=> true );
$tidy = new tidy;
$tidy->parseString($xml, $config, 'utf8');
$tidy->cleanRepair();
echo $tidy;
?>

[optikalefx]

ok ive been reading the manual for like a day now and i cant find a way to install it.

I know where to edit my php.ini file on my server.  Im running osx leopard.  Would anyone be able to lend a hand, the manual isnt helping me much at all

[sKunKbad]

Yeah, I know nada about macs, but I put together a full script example that works.

 

writeXML.php5

<?php
include 'example.php';
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstr);

$character = $xml->book[0]->characters->addChild('character');
$character->addChild('name', 'Yellow Cat');
$character->addChild('desc', 'aloof');

$success = $xml->book[0]->addChild('success', '2');
$success->addAttribute('type', 'reprints');

$xml = $xml->asXML();
$config = array(
'input-xml'=> true,
'indent'=> true,
'output-xml'=> true );
$tidy = new tidy;
$tidy->parseString($xml, $config, 'utf8');
$tidy->cleanRepair();

echo "<pre>";
echo htmlentities($tidy);
echo "</pre>";
?>

 

---

 

example.php

<?php
  $xmlstr = <<<XML
  <books>
  <book>
   <title>Great American Novel</title>
   <characters>
    <character>
     <name>Cliff</name>
     <desc>really great guy</desc>
    </character>
    <character>
     <name>Lovely Woman</name>
     <desc>matchless beauty</desc>
    </character>
    <character>
     <name>Loyal Dog</name>
     <desc>sleepy</desc>
    </character>
   </characters>
   <plot>
    Cliff meets Lovely Woman.  Loyal Dog sleeps, but wakes up to bark
    at mailman.
   </plot>
   <success type="bestseller">4</success>
   <success type="bookclubs">9</success>
  </book>
  </books>
XML;
?>

---

 

output =

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<books>
  <book>
    <title>Great American Novel</title>
    <characters>
      <character>
        <name>Cliff</name>
        <desc>really great guy</desc>
      </character>
      <character>
        <name>Lovely Woman</name>
        <desc>matchless beauty</desc>
      </character>
      <character>
        <name>Loyal Dog</name>
        <desc>sleepy</desc>
      </character>
      <character>
        <name>Yellow Cat</name>
        <desc>aloof</desc>
      </character>
    </characters>
    <plot>Cliff meets Lovely Woman. Loyal Dog sleeps, but wakes up
    to bark at mailman.</plot>
    <success type="bestseller">4</success>
    <success type="bookclubs">9</success>
    <success type="reprints">2</success>
  </book>
</books>

---

[optikalefx]

none of it works without tidy installed, i have to keep looking into that, thanks for the example tho, ill let you if it works when get tidy

[optikalefx]

i got it intalled yay.

 

your script fails

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /hermes/web04/b1609/pow.4ten/htdocs/tidyphp.php on line 2

 

[sKunKbad]

if the error is in my example.php script (the initial XML), make sure that when you copied and pasted the XML that you didn't gain any whitespace after any of the lines, especially the heredoc tags ( <<<XML ) and ( XML; ).

[optikalefx]

i think i installed it wrong

 

i went to my php.ini file for php 5 and i uncommented the tidy line

it was ;something blah tidy blah something

and i took out the semi colon, so i actually got errors on every php script after that point... so i commented it back. idk