Using the API

Example

<?php
use ByJG\XmlUtil\XmlDocument;

$xml = new XmlDocument('<root />');

$myNode = $xml->appendChild('mynode');
$myNode->appendChild('subnode', 'text');
$myNode->appendChild('subnode', 'more text');
$otherNode = $myNode->appendChild('othersubnode', 'other text');
$otherNode->addAttribute('attr', 'value');

echo $xml->toString(format: true);

will produce the follow xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root>
  <mynode>
    <subnode>text</subnode>
    <subnode>more text</subnode>
    <othersubnode attr="value">other text</othersubnode>
  </mynode>
</root>

Convert to array

$array = $xml->toArray();

Convert to String

$array = $xml->toString();

Diagram