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joeycumines/simple-xml-util
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Utilities to improve maintainability of code that relies on PHP's simplexml\_load\_string.

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simple-xml-util
===============

[](#simple-xml-util)

Utilities to improve maintainability of code that relies on PHP's simplexml\_load\_string.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Interface for better dependency injection
- Automatically manage internal errors, builds readable error string
- Makes it possible to use exception handling
- Configure `simplexml_load_string`, `libxml_use_internal_errors` and `libxml_disable_entity_loader`, without it feeling like you are relying on globals with side effects

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
// manual configuration example

use JoeyCumines\SimpleXmlUtil\Parser\SimpleXmlStringParser;

// ...

$xmlParser = new SimpleXmlStringParser($className, $options, $ns, $prefix, $disableEntityLoader);

// or

$xmlParser = (new SimpleXmlStringParser())
    ->setClassName($className)
    ->setOptions($options)
    ->setNs($ns)
    ->setPrefix($prefix)
    ->setDisableEntityLoader($disableEntityLoader);

// use the interface in the service - pre-configured

use JoeyCumines\SimpleXmlUtil\Exception\SimpleXmlStringParserException;
use JoeyCumines\SimpleXmlUtil\Interfaces\SimpleXmlStringParserInterface;

// ...

class SomeService
{
    private $xmlParser;
    private $logger;

    public function __construct(
        SimpleXmlStringParserInterface $xmlParser,
        Logger $logger
    ) {
        $this->xmlParser = $xmlParser;
        $this->logger = $logger;
    }

    public function doSomeXmlParsing(string $data): array
    {
        try {
            $doc = $this->xmlParser->parseXmlString($data);
        } catch (SimpleXmlStringParserException $e) {
            // the actual parser error will come through in the logs
            $this->logger->error(
                "[SomeService] o no our xml things failed:\n{$e}",
                $e
            );

            throw $e;
        }

        // at this point you can always be sure $doc is an actual object

        foreach ($doc as $name => $child) {
            // ...
        }

        // ...
    }
}
```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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###  Release Activity

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Total

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Last Release

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