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jeckerson/array2xml
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Array -> XML Converter Class

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\[PHP\] Array to XML
====================

[](#php-array-to-xml)

Array2xml is a PHP library that converts array to valid XML.

Based on [XMLWriter](http://php.net/manual/en/book.xmlwriter.php).

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 5.3+
- XMLWriter

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
require_once ('/path/to/array2xml.php');

```

Usage (Ex.: RSS Last News)
--------------------------

[](#usage-ex-rss-last-news)

Load the library and set custom configuration:

```
$array2xml = new Array2xml();
$array2xml->setRootName('rss');
$array2xml->setRootAttrs(array('version' => '2.0'));
$array2xml->setCDataKeys(array('description'));

```

Start by creating a root element:

```
$data['channel']['title']        = 'News RSS';
$data['channel']['link']         = 'http://yoursite.com/';
$data['channel']['description']  = 'Amazing RSS News';
$data['channel']['language']     = 'en';

```

Now pass elements from DB query in cycle:

```
$row = $db->lastNews();
foreach($row as $key => $lastNews)
{
	$data['channel'][$key]['item']['title']       = $lastNews->title;
	$data['channel'][$key]['item']['link']        = 'http://yoursite.com/news/'.$lastNews->url;
	$data['channel'][$key]['item']['description'] = $lastNews->description;
	$data['channel'][$key]['item']['pubDate']     = date(DATE_RFC1123, strtotime($lastNews->added));
}

```

You can also set element attributes individually. The example below appends an attribute `AttributeName` to `item` node:

```
$data['channel'][$key]['item']['@attributes'] 		= array('AttributeName' => $attributeValue);

```

Or, if your node doesn't have children, you can use this:

```
$data['channel]['@attributes'] = array('AttributeName' => $attributeValue);
$data['channel]['@content']    = 'Content of channel node';

```

This will set both attributes and the content of `channel` node.

Alternatively, you can use setElementsAttrs() method:

```
$array2xml->setElementsAttrs( array('ElementName' => array('AttributeName' => $attributeValue) ));

```

*Note that in this case all elements with specified names will have identical attribute names and values.*

If you need to include a raw XML tree somewhere, mark it's element using `$array2xml->setRawKeys(array('elementName'))`

Finally, convert and print output data to screen

```
echo $array2xml->convert($data);

```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

You can easily configure this lib to fit your specific use case using setters described below.

#### setVersion(string $version)

[](#setversionstring-version)

Sets XML version header.

#### setEncoding(string $encoding)

[](#setencodingstring-encoding)

Sets XML encoding

#### setRootName(string $rootName)

[](#setrootnamestring-rootname)

Set XML Root Element Name

#### setRootAttrs(array $rootAttrs)

[](#setrootattrsarray-rootattrs)

Set XML Root Element Attributes

#### setElementsAttrs(array $attrs)

[](#setelementsattrsarray-attrs)

Set Attributes of every XML Elements that matches the given names. Example argument: `['elementName' => ['someAttr' => 'attrValue']]`

#### setCDataKeys(array $elementNames)

[](#setcdatakeysarray-elementnames)

Marking given elements as CData ones

#### setRawKeys(array $elementNames)

[](#setrawkeysarray-elementnames)

Marking given elements as raw ones

#### setNumericTagPrefix(string $prefix)

[](#setnumerictagprefixstring-prefix)

Set default prefix for numeric nodes

#### setSkipNumeric(bool $skipNumeric)

[](#setskipnumericbool-skipnumeric)

On/Off Skip numeric nodes

#### setEmptyElementSyntax(const)

[](#setemptyelementsyntaxconst)

In some cases you might want to control the exact syntax of empty elements.

By default, nodes that are empty or equal to null are using self-closing syntax(``).

You can override this behavior using `Array2xml::EMPTY_FULL` to force using closing tag(``).

Available agruments are `Array2xml::EMPTY_SELF_CLOSING` or `Array2xml::EMPTY_FULL`

#### setFilterNumbersInTags(bool|array $data)

[](#setfilternumbersintagsboolarray-data)

Remove numbers from element names.

Possible args are:

- `boolean TRUE` to remove numbers from ALL elements
- `array` contains node names that need filtering.

This is a easy workaround to have identically named elements in your XML built from an array.

For example, let's build an XML with 3 `image` nodes:

```
//list of our images
$images = array('image1.jpg', 'image3.jpg', 'image3.jpg');
// input array
$data = array();
for($i=0;$isetFilterNumbersInTags(array('image'));

$xml = array2xml->convert($data);

```

That's it! Now we have a nasty XML with 3 identically named nodes in it.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
phpunit Tests/Array2xmlTest.php

```

###  Health Score

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LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 61.4% of commits — single point of failure

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**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.

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###  Release Activity

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Total

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Last Release

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