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The need to convert PHP winning arrays into xml is common, and there are many implementation methods. Baidu looked for various implementation methods, but basically they borrowed some components. I wrote a string grouping method myself, which supports multi-dimensional arrays. For reference only, please feel free to let us know if there are any deficiencies!
<span>/*</span><span>* * 将数组转换为xml * @param array $data 要转换的数组 * @param bool $root 是否要根节点 * @return string xml字符串 * @author Dragondean * @url http://www.cnblogs.com/dragondean </span><span>*/</span><span>function</span> arr2xml(<span>$data</span>, <span>$root</span> = <span>true</span><span>){ </span><span>$str</span>=""<span>; </span><span>if</span>(<span>$root</span>)<span>$str</span> .= "<xml>"<span>; </span><span>foreach</span>(<span>$data</span><span>as</span><span>$key</span> => <span>$val</span><span>){ </span><span>if</span>(<span>is_array</span>(<span>$val</span><span>)){ </span><span>$child</span> = arr2xml(<span>$val</span>, <span>false</span><span>); </span><span>$str</span> .= "<<span>$key</span>><span>$child</span></<span>$key</span>>"<span>; }</span><span>else</span><span>{ </span><span>$str</span>.= "<<span>$key</span>><![CDATA[<span>$val</span>]]></<span>$key</span>>"<span>; } } </span><span>if</span>(<span>$root</span>)<span>$str</span> .= "</xml>"<span>; </span><span>return</span><span>$str</span><span>; }</span>
The above is the implementation method. The first parameter is the array you want to convert. The second optional parameter sets whether to add the
Test code:
<span>$arr</span>=<span>array</span>('a'=>'aaa','b'=><span>array</span>('c'=>'1234' , 'd' => "asdfasdf"<span>)); </span><span>echo</span> arr2xml(<span>$arr</span>);
The result after code execution is:
<span><</span><span>xml</span><span>><</span><span>a</span><span>></span><span><!</span><span>[CDATA[aaa]]</span><span>></span><span></</span><span>a</span><span>><</span><span>b</span><span>><</span><span>c</span><span>></span><span><!</span><span>[CDATA[1234]]</span><span>></span><span></</span><span>c</span><span>><</span><span>d</span><span>></span><span><!</span><span>[CDATA[asdfasdf]]</span><span>></span><span></</span><span>d</span><span>></</span><span>b</span><span>></</span><span>xml</span><span>></span>
The above introduces the recursive implementation of converting PHP arrays to XML, including the relevant aspects. I hope it will be helpful to friends who are interested in PHP tutorials.