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bupy7/xml-constructor
=====================

The array-like constructor of XML document structure.

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xml-constructor
===============

[](#xml-constructor)

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The array-like constructor of XML document structure.

Supporting PHP from 5.6 up to newest.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Add the following to `require` section of your `composer.json`:

```
"bupy7/xml-constructor": "*"

```

Then do `composer install`;

or execute the command:

```
$ composer require bupy7/xml-constructor

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

**Input:**

```
$xml = new XmlConstructor();
$in = [
    [
        'tag' => 'root',
        'elements' => [
            [
                'tag' => 'tag1',
                'attributes' => [
                    'attr1' => 'val1',
                    'attr2' => 'val2',
                ],
            ],
            [
                'tag' => 'tag2',
                'content' => 'content2',
            ],
            [
                'tag' => 'tag3',
                'elements' => [
                    [
                        'tag' => 'tag4',
                        'content' => 'content4',
                    ],
                ],
            ],
            [
                'tag' => 'tag4',
                'content' => 'content4',
                'cdata' => true, // by default - false, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDATA
            ],
        ],
    ],
];
echo $xml->fromArray($in)->toOutput();
```

**Output:**

```

    content2

        content4

    content4]]>

```

**Configuration:**

```
$xml = new XmlConstructor([
    // Indent each line in the XML document. 4 space by default.
    'indentString' => '    ',
    /* Header document tag. "" by default. */
    'startDocument' => [
        // version
        '1.0',
        // encoding
        'UTF-8',
    ],
]);
```

You can set up `indentString` and/or `startDocument` as `null` to disable them.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

Run tests:

```
$ ./vendor/bin/phpunit --no-coverage

```

Run tests with coverage:

```
$ XDEBUG_MODE=coverage ./vendor/bin/phpunit

```

HTML coverage path: `build/coverage/index.html`

Code style
----------

[](#code-style)

To fix code style, run:

```
~/.composer/vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer fix --verbose

```

You have to install [PHP CS Fixer](https://github.com/PHP-CS-Fixer/PHP-CS-Fixer) at first, if you don't use build-in Docker image:

```
composer global require friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer

```

License
-------

[](#license)

**xml-constructor** is released under the BSD-3-Clause License. See the bundled `LICENSE.md` for details.

###  Health Score

51

—

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance74

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 99.1% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~211 days

Recently: every ~271 days

Total

19

Last Release

142d ago

Major Versions

v1.3.5 → v2.0.02023-01-06

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.4

1.3.0PHP >=5.6

### Community

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Tags

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