How to convert array to SimpleXML

Question

How can I convert an array to a SimpleXML object in PHP?

Answer 1

// Structered array for XML convertion.
$data_array = array(
  array(
    '#xml_tag' => 'a',
    '#xml_value' => '',
    '#tag_attributes' => array(
      array(
        'name' => 'a_attr_name',
        'value' => 'a_attr_value',
      ),
    ),
    '#subnode' => array(
      array(
        '#xml_tag' => 'aa',
        '#xml_value' => 'aa_value',
        '#tag_attributes' => array(
          array(
            'name' => 'aa_attr_name',
            'value' => 'aa_attr_value',
          ),
        ),
        '#subnode' => FALSE,
      ),
    ),
  ),
  array(
    '#xml_tag' => 'b',
    '#xml_value' => 'b_value',
    '#tag_attributes' => FALSE,
    '#subnode' => FALSE,
  ),
  array(
    '#xml_tag' => 'c',
    '#xml_value' => 'c_value',
    '#tag_attributes' => array(
      array(
        'name' => 'c_attr_name',
        'value' => 'c_attr_value',
      ),
      array(
        'name' => 'c_attr_name_1',
        'value' => 'c_attr_value_1',
      ),
    ),
    '#subnode' => array(
      array(
        '#xml_tag' => 'ca',  
        '#xml_value' => 'ca_value',
        '#tag_attributes' => FALSE,
        '#subnode' => array(
          array(
            '#xml_tag' => 'caa',
            '#xml_value' => 'caa_value',
            '#tag_attributes' => array(
              array(
                'name' => 'caa_attr_name',
                'value' => 'caa_attr_value',
              ),
            ),
            '#subnode' => FALSE,
          ),
        ),
      ),
    ),
  ),
);


// creating object of SimpleXMLElement
$xml_object = new SimpleXMLElement('');


// function call to convert array to xml
array_to_xml($data_array, $xml_object);

// saving generated xml file
$xml_object->asXML('/tmp/test.xml');

/**
 * Converts an structured PHP array to XML.
 *
 * @param Array $data_array
 *   The array data for converting into XML.
 * @param Object $xml_object
 *   The SimpleXMLElement Object
 *
 * @see https://gist.github.com/drupalista-br/9230016
 * 
 */
function array_to_xml($data_array, &$xml_object) {
  foreach($data_array as $node) {
    $subnode = $xml_object->addChild($node['#xml_tag'], $node['#xml_value']);

    if ($node['#tag_attributes']) {
      foreach ($node['#tag_attributes'] as $tag_attributes) {
        $subnode->addAttribute($tag_attributes['name'], $tag_attributes['value']); 
      }
    }

    if ($node['#subnode']) {
      array_to_xml($node['#subnode'], $subnode);
    }
  }
}