PHP DOM XML Example - Document Object Model

This is a simple php 5, DOM/XML example illustrating the basics such as creating tags, name/vaule pairs and text nodes using createElement, appendChild , setAttribute etc. The XML is displayed on the console, but could just as well be the response to an XMLHttpRequest.

First lets have a look at the example. It's self explanatory.

1. <?php 2. 3. $dom = new DomDocument('1.0'); 4. $dom->formatOutput = true; 5. 6. $carroot = $dom->createElement("car-root"); 7. $dom->appendChild($carroot); 8. 9. $car = $dom->createElement("car"); 10. $car->setAttribute("model","Ferrari F60"); 11. $carroot->appendChild($car); 12. 13. $description = $dom->createElement("description"); 14. $description->appendChild($dom->createTextNode("Enzo Ferrari")); 15. $car->appendChild($description); 16. 17. $engine = $dom->createElement("engine"); 18. $engine->appendChild($dom->createTextNode("V12")); 19. $car->appendChild($engine); 20. 21. echo $dom->saveXml(); 22. ?> Hide line numbers