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XML Service

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XML
===

[](#xml)

Basic write XML Service from an Array, and a read XML service to an Array

TODO - Connect to Travis

Table of Contents
-----------------

[](#table-of-contents)

- [Background](#Background)
- [Usage](#Usage)
- [Maintainers](#Maintainers)
- [License](#License)

Background
----------

[](#background)

Used to create and read XML files

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Usage of the XML service

```
$ composer require devtoolboxuk/xml
```

Then include Composer's generated vendor/autoload.php to enable autoloading:

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
```

```
use devtoolboxuk/xml;

$this->xmlService = new xmlService();
```

### Write XML Service

[](#write-xml-service)

##### Create the Writing XML service

[](#create-the-writing-xml-service)

```
$this->writeXMLService = $this->xmlService->writeXMLService();
```

##### Setting the Writing XML root name

[](#setting-the-writing-xml-root-name)

By default the root name is `root`

```
$this->writeXMLService->setRootName('products');
```

##### Example of Writing an XML

[](#example-of-writing-an-xml)

Plain XML

```
echo $this->writeXMLService->createDoc();
echo $this->writeXMLService->endDoc();
```

```

```

XML with attributes

```
echo $this->writeXMLService->createDoc();
echo $this->writeXMLService->endDoc([
    '@a' => [
        'xml_version' => '1.0',
    ]
]);
```

```

```

XML with data

```
echo $this->writeXMLService->createDoc();

echo $this->writeXMLService->create('product',[
    '@t'=>[
        'sku'=>12345,
        'text'=>'I am text',
    ]
]);

echo $this->writeXMLService->endDoc([
    '@a' => [
        'xml_version' => '1.0',
    ]
]);
```

```

    12345
    I am text

```

Maintainers
-----------

[](#maintainers)

[@DevToolboxUk](https://github.com/DevToolBoxUk).

License
-------

[](#license)

[MIT](LICENSE) © DevToolboxUK

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 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. 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 ~12 days

Total

6

Last Release

2749d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.1PHP >=5.3.3

1.0.3PHP >=5.4.16

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/11e7828108a460ad0b3dc92c08fa9e0e863168b8dae2b4d7041a6d699f936faa?d=identicon)[devtoolboxuk](/maintainers/devtoolboxuk)

---

Top Contributors

[![devtoolboxuk](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6337609?v=4)](https://github.com/devtoolboxuk "devtoolboxuk (8 commits)")

---

Tags

xml generatorXml ReaderXml Formatter

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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