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iTony on 03/25/08


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Array contents to XML format

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URL: http://davidwalsh.name/watch-post-save-php-post-data-xml

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  1. /* print the contents of a url */
  2. function print_r_xml($arr,$wrapper = 'data',$cycle = 1)
  3. {
  4. 	//useful vars
  5. 	$new_line = "n";
  6.  
  7. 	//start building content
  8. 	if($cycle == 1) { $output = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8">'.$new_line; }
  9. 	$output.= tabify($cycle - 1).'<'.$wrapper.'>'.$new_line;
  10. 	foreach($arr as $key => $val)
  11. 	{
  12. 		if(!is_array($val))
  13. 		{
  14. 			$output.= tabify($cycle).'<'.htmlspecialchars($key).'>'.$val.'</'.htmlspecialchars($key).'>'.$new_line;
  15. 		}
  16. 		else
  17. 		{
  18. 			$output.= print_r_xml($val,$key,$cycle + 1).$new_line;
  19. 		}
  20. 	}
  21. 	$output.= tabify($cycle - 1).'</'.$wrapper.'>';
  22.  
  23. 	//return the value
  24. 	return $output;
  25. }
  26.  
  27. /* tabify */
  28. function tabify($num_tabs)
  29. {
  30. 	for($x = 1; $x <= $num_tabs; $x++) { $return.= "t"; }
  31. 	return $return;
  32. }

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