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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. darkfriend/php7-xml ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) darkfriend/php7-xml =================== PHP7 library for encode/decode xml 2.0.0(5y ago)21.2k3MITPHPPHP >=7.0CI failing Since Jan 12Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/darkfriend/php7-xml)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/darkfriend/php7-xml)[ Docs](https://github.com/darkfriend/php7-xml)[ RSS](/packages/darkfriend-php7-xml/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1w ago READMEChangelog (4)Dependencies (3)Versions (5)Used By (3) PHP7 library for encode/decode xml ================================== [](#php7-library-for-encodedecode-xml) `composer require darkfriend/php7-xml` - Array to XML (`XML::encode()`) - XML to Array (`XML::decode()`) ### Other php version [](#other-php-version) - [Xml encode/decode for php5](https://github.com/darkfriend/php5-xml) How to install -------------- [](#how-to-install) ``` composer require darkfriend/php7-xml ``` Array Structure --------------- [](#array-structure) - elementName - basic example - @attributes - `key => value` (array) - cdata - multiline text - value - text or tree elements - elementName - example element with attachments - @attributes - `key => value` (array) - value - elementName - @attributes - `key => value` (array) - value - text or tree elements - elementName - @attributes - `key => value` (array) - value - text or tree elements - elementName - example element with duplicate attachments - @attributes - `key => value` (array) - value - elementName - duplicate element (array) - 0 - @attributes - `key => value` (array) - value - text or tree elements - 1 - @attributes - `key => value` (array) - value - text or tree elements - elementName - example element duplicate - 0 - @attributes - `key => value` (array) - value - text or tree elements - 1 - @attributes - `key => value` (array) - value - text or tree elements ### Encode Events [](#encode-events) - afterChild - execute function when added child element How to use ---------- [](#how-to-use) ### Array to XML (encode) [](#array-to-xml-encode) ``` $array = [ 'bar' => 'value bar', 'foo' => 'value foo', 'der' => [ '@attributes' => [ 'at1' => 'at1val', 'at2' => 'at2val', ], 'cdata' => 'this is long text', ], 'qpo' => [ '@attributes' => [ 'test1' => 'valTest', ], 'value' => [ 'sub1' => [ 'value' => [ 'sub2'=>'val' ] ], 'multi-sub2' => [ [ '@attributes' => [ 'at1' => 'val' ], 'value' => [ 'multi-sub2-sub3' => [ 'value' => 'value multi-sub2' ] ] ], [ 'value' => 'value multi-sub2' ], ], ], ], 'duplicateElement' => [ [ '@attributes' => [ 'atDuplicate1' => 'val' ], 'value' => 'valueDuplicateElement1', ], [ '@attributes' => [ 'atDuplicate2' => 'val' ], 'value' => 'valueDuplicateElement2', ], [ '@attributes' => [ 'atDuplicate3' => 'val' ], 'value' => [ 'subElement' => 'val' ], ], ] ]; echo \darkfriend\helpers\Xml::encode($array); // example with use events \darkfriend\helpers\Xml::encode($array, [ 'afterChild' => function($xml, $child, $name, $params) { // your code return $child; }, ]); ``` #### Result encode [](#result-encode) ``` value bar value foo this is long text ]]> val value multi-sub2 value multi-sub2 valueDuplicateElement1 valueDuplicateElement2 val ``` ### Xml string to Array (decode) [](#xml-string-to-array-decode) ``` $xml = ' value bar value foo val value multi-sub2 value multi-sub2 valueDuplicateElement1 valueDuplicateElement2 val '; var_dump(\darkfriend\helpers\Xml::decode($xml)); ``` #### Result decode [](#result-decode) ``` array(5) { ["bar"]=> array(1) { [0]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> string(9) "value bar" } } ["foo"]=> array(1) { [0]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> string(9) "value foo" } } ["der"]=> array(1) { [0]=> array(2) { ["@attributes"]=> array(2) { ["at1"]=> string(6) "at1val" ["at2"]=> string(6) "at2val" } ["value"]=> string(17) "this is long text" } } ["qpo"]=> array(1) { [0]=> array(2) { ["@attributes"]=> array(1) { ["test1"]=> string(7) "valTest" } ["value"]=> array(2) { ["sub1"]=> array(1) { [0]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> string(0) "" } } ["multi-sub2"]=> array(2) { [0]=> array(1) { ["@attributes"]=> array(1) { ["at1"]=> string(3) "val" } } [1]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> string(16) "value multi-sub2" } } } } } ["duplicateElement"]=> array(3) { [0]=> array(2) { ["@attributes"]=> array(1) { ["atDuplicate1"]=> string(3) "val" } ["value"]=> string(22) "valueDuplicateElement1" } [1]=> array(2) { ["@attributes"]=> array(1) { ["atDuplicate2"]=> string(3) "val" } ["value"]=> string(22) "valueDuplicateElement2" } [2]=> array(2) { ["@attributes"]=> array(1) { ["atDuplicate3"]=> string(3) "val" } ["value"]=> array(1) { ["subElement"]=> array(1) { [0]=> array(1) { ["value"]=> string(3) "val" } } } } } } ``` ### Custom <?xml ?> attributes and custom <root> [](#custom-xml--attributes-and-custom-root) ``` $array = [ 'bar' => 'value bar', 'foo' => 'value foo', 'der' => [ '@attributes' => [ 'at1' => 'at1val', 'at2' => 'at2val', ], 'value' => 'this is long text', ], ]; echo \darkfriend\helpers\Xml::encode( $array, [ 'root' => '', // custom root element with custom attribute atExample 'prolog' => [ 'attributes' => [ 'version' => '1.0', 'encoding' => 'utf-8', ], 'elements' => [ // additional elements for prolog /*''*/ ' ' ], ], ] ); ``` ``` value bar value foo this is long text ``` ### Custom root element [](#custom-root-element) ``` $array = [ 'bar' => 'value bar', 'foo' => 'value foo', 'der' => [ 'cdata' => 'this is long text', '@attributes' => [ 'at1' => 'at1val', 'at2' => 'at2val', ], ] ]; echo \darkfriend\helpers\Xml::encode( $array, [ 'root' => '', ] ); ``` ``` value bar value foo this is long text]]> ``` ### Health Score 28 — LowBetter than 54% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity17 Limited adoption so far Community12 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity55 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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