PHP 8.1.2 - Unexpected behavior of DOMDocument when saving and formatting XML data
I tried using DOMDocument and the code below to output some configuration data to an XML file using loadXML(), saveXML() and save(), but the XML file always has the following structure (note Configuration /, But not Configuration/Configuration), and I can't get XML indentation to work using preserveWhiteSpace = false and formatOutput = true. Where does "Configuration/" come from, and why is there no closing clause after Authentication_Key_2?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Configuration/> <FullProductName>Text</FullProductName> <Copyright>Text</Copyright> <Version>Text</Version> <Website>Text</Website> <Database_Password>NDE2NDYxNmQ0ODZmNmU2NTZiMzEzOTM4MzE=</Database_Password> <Authentication_Key_1>MDY0ZmRhMDYwYzkxMjVkNzk1M2U4YzUx</Authentication_Key_1> <Authentication_Key_2>ZjllYWFjYmQ5NTEyYmNiNWE4MmYwZj==</Authentication_Key_2>
The code I used is as follows:
//Create the config data structure.
$new_config_data = new DOMDocument("1.0", "UTF-8");
$config_xml_element_name[0] = "Configuration";
$config_xml_element_name[1] = "FullProductName";
$config_xml_element_name[2] = "Copyright";
$config_xml_element_name[3] = "Version";
$config_xml_element_name[4] = "Website";
$config_xml_element_name[5] = "Database_Password";
$config_xml_element_name[6] = "Authentication_Key_1";
$config_xml_element_name[7] = "Authentication_Key_2";
$config_xml_element_instance[0] = $new_config_data->createElement($config_xml_element_name[0]);
$config_xml_element_instance[1] = $new_config_data->createElement($config_xml_element_name[1], $FullProductName);
$config_xml_element_instance[2] = $new_config_data->createElement($config_xml_element_name[2], $ThisProductSoftwareHouse);
$config_xml_element_instance[3] = $new_config_data->createElement($config_xml_element_name[3], $ThisProductVersion);
$config_xml_element_instance[4] = $new_config_data->createElement($config_xml_element_name[4], $ThisProductWebsite);
$config_xml_element_instance[5] = $new_config_data->createElement($config_xml_element_name[5], $_POST['postgresql-password']);
$config_xml_element_instance[6] = $new_config_data->createElement($config_xml_element_name[6], $_POST['secret-key1']);
$config_xml_element_instance[7] = $new_config_data->createElement($config_xml_element_name[7], $_POST['secret-key2']);
//Go through array of config file elements and append them to data structure
for ($config_xml_element_id = 0; $config_xml_element_id < count($config_xml_element_instance); $config_xml_element_id++) {
//If this is the Root element then append it to config data structure as Root
if ($config_xml_element_id == 0) {
$new_config_data->appendChild($config_xml_element_instance[0]);
//Otherwise append it to config data structure as Child element of Root element
} else {
$config_xml_element_instance[0] = $new_config_data->appendChild($config_xml_element_instance[$config_xml_element_id]);
}
}
$Config_create_file_path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] .$ParentProductRootPath .$ParentProductSubPath .$ThisProductTopPath ."/Application/Config/";
$Config_create_file = ucfirst($ThisProductFilePrependName) ."_config.xml";
$Config_create_file_string = $Config_create_file_path .$Config_create_file;
//If the Config directory does not exist then create it
if (!file_exists($Config_create_file_path)) {
mkdir($Config_create_file_path, 0777, true);
}
//Save compiled config data structure to XML file
$ConfigDataXml = $new_config_data->saveXML();
$new_config_data->preserveWhiteSpace = false;
$new_config_data->formatOutput = true;
$new_config_data->loadXML($ConfigDataXml);
$new_config_data->saveXML();
$config_write = $new_config_data->save($Config_create_file_string);