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This is a simple example of how to read and write XML that includes reading attributes and nodes.

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  1. <?php
  2. session_start();
  3.  
  4. $_SESSION['arrConfig'];
  5.  
  6.  
  7. $docConfigXML = new DOMDocument;
  8. $docConfigXML->preserveWhiteSpace = FALSE;
  9. $docConfigXML->load( 'resources/xml/config.xml' );
  10.  
  11. $_SESSION['arrConfig']['fax'] = trim($docConfigXML->getElementsByTagName("fax")->item(0)->getAttribute('value'));
  12. $_SESSION['arrConfig']['phone'] = trim($docConfigXML->getElementsByTagName("phone")->item(0)->nodeValue);
  13.  
  14. echo $_SESSION['arrConfig']['fax'];
  15. echo "<br />";
  16. echo $_SESSION['arrConfig']['phone'];
  17.  
  18. $strConfigXML = "";
  19.  
  20.  
  21. $fax 	= "702-555-1faxxx";
  22. $phone 	= '702-555-phone';
  23.  
  24. $strConfigXML = 
  25. <<<END
  26. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  27. <config>
  28. 	<fax value='$fax' />
  29. 	<phone>
  30. 	$phone
  31. 	</phone>
  32. </config>
  33. END;
  34.  
  35. $file = "resources/xml/config.xml";
  36.  
  37. writeFile($file,$strConfigXML);
  38.  
  39. function writeFile($file,$strFileContent)
  40. {
  41. 	$fh = fopen($file, 'w' ) or die ("can't create file");
  42.     fwrite($fh, $strFileContent);
  43.     fclose($fh);
  44. }
  45. ?>

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