PHP Extensions for XML Manipulation

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∟PHP Extensions for XML Manipulation

This chapter provides notes and tutorial examples on PHP extensions for XML Manipulation. Topics include using SimpleXML, and DOM extensions to build and load XML documents; using XML Parser and XMLReader extensions to parse XML documents; using XSL extension to transform XML documents.

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List of PHP Extensions for XML Manipulation

Build XML with PHP SimpleXML Extension

Parse XML with PHP SimpleXML Extension

Browse XML Element Tree with PHP SimpleXML Extension

Build XML with PHP DOM Extension

Parse XML with PHP DOM Extension

Browse XML DOM Tree with PHP

Parse XML with PHP XML Parser Extension

Parse XML with PHP XMLReader Extension

Build XML with PHP XMLWriter Extension

Transform XML with PHP XSL Extension

Takeaways:

The SimpleXML extension is truly simple to use. You can use it to build new XML documents, or to parse existing XML documents as data object trees.
The DOM extension supports the standard DOM (Document Object Model) API that allows you to build and parse XML documents.
The XML Parser extension supports the standard SAX (Simple API for XML) API that allows you to parse XML documents with your own processing logics.
The XMLReader extension is also an XML parser. But it allows you to pull (read) an XML document one node at a time sequentially.
The XMLWirter extension offers a simple API to write an XML document one node at a time sequentially.
The XSL extension allows you to transform XML documents by applying XSL (eXtensible Stylesheet Language) templates.