XML helper for CodeIgniter

Download xml_helper.zip (PHP 5)

$this->load->helper('xml');
 
$dom = xml_dom();
$book = xml_add_child($dom, 'book');
 
xml_add_child($book, 'title', 'Hyperion');
$author = xml_add_child($book, 'author', 'Dan Simmons');		
xml_add_attribute($author, 'birthdate', '1948-04-04');
 
xml_print($dom);

Result

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<book>
  <title>Hyperion</title>
  <author birthdate="1948-04-04">Dan Simmons</author>
</book>

xml_dom()

xml_add_child($parent, $name, $value = NULL, $cdata = FALSE)

• parent: XML element
• name: string
• value: string
• cdata: boolean

xml_add_attribute($node, $name, $value = NULL)

• node: XML element
• name: string
• value: string

xml_print($dom, $return = FALSE)

• dom: XML element
• return: boolean (if TRUE, just returns XML as a string)