How to create XML files

If you need to create XML files in PHP, you can do it without having to create the tags yourself with strings. This code shows you how to use the new_child functions to create an XML file.

<?
$doc = new_xmldoc('1.0');
$root = $doc->add_root('members');
$member = $root->new_child('member','');

$member->new_child('lastName','John');
$member->new_child('firstName','Adams');
$member->new_child('contribution','3400');

$member = $root->new_child('member','');

$member->new_child('lastName','Debra');
$member->new_child('firstName','Hones');
$member->new_child('contribution','2400');

$member = $root->new_child('member','');

$member->new_child('lastName','Jake');
$member->new_child('firstName','Tudor');
$member->new_child('contribution','1200');

$fp = @fopen('members.xml','w');
if(!$fp) {
    die('Error cannot create XML file');
}
fwrite($fp,$doc->dumpmem());
fclose($fp);
?>

would create the following XML file.

<members>
  <member>
    <lastName>John</lastName>
    <firstName>Adams</firstName>
    <contribution>3400</contribution>
  </member>
  <member>
    <lastName>Debra</lastName>
    <firstName>Hones</firstName>
    <contribution>2400</contribution>
  </member>
  <member>
    <lastName>Jake</lastName>
    <firstName>Tudor</firstName>
    <contribution>1200</contribution>
  </member>
</members>

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