Get ALL content from an XML Node as a string

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I'm sorry if the title was confusing. I'm working on an XML parser that will act similar as HTML, but make it easier for non coders. The parser will read a XML node, and print out corresponding HTML code. The difficulty I came up to is I want to be able to access all the content inside a node as a string (including any child nodes). Right now I'm using PHP's Simple XML.

<parent> some plane text. some Plane text. <child prop="test" /> more plane text </parent>
I want to be able to print out:
echo $xml->parent[0]; as some plane text. some Plane text. <child prop="test" /> more plane text

From here I will do sub string searches that will pull out the child node and handle it differently. In simple, I want to print out some text, then read the child node, and continue printing out text till a new child node is read.

Thanks for the help!!

I could tell you how to do it with DOMDocument :)

alex
– alex

2011-05-12 00:46:28 +00:00
Commented May 12, 2011 at 0:46 — alex
– alex, Commented May 12, 2011 at 0:46

Ruud · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-01 10:06:53Z

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$xml->parent[0]->asXML();

will output

<parent> some plane text. some Plane text. <child prop="test" /> more plane text </parent>

It may include the XML declaration depending on the element. You can then strip the opening and closing tags.

You could do that with this function:

function xml_contents($node)
{
    $str = $node->asXML();
    $i = strlen($node->getName()) + 2;
    return substr(substr($str, $i), 0, -1 - $i);
}

edited Jun 1, 2011 at 10:06

answered Jun 1, 2011 at 10:01

Ruud

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coding_idiot Over a year ago

asXML() is what I've been searching for more than 30 minutes, thanks, worked for me.

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