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Class Xml

XML handling for CakePHP.

The methods in these classes enable the datasources that use XML to work.

Namespace: Cake\Utility
Location: Utility/Xml.php

Method Summary

  • _createChild() protected static
    Helper to _fromArray(). It will create childs of arrays
  • _fromArray() protected static
    Recursive method to create childs from array
  • _loadXml() protected static
    Parse the input data and create either a SimpleXmlElement object or a DOMDocument.
  • _toArray() protected static
    Recursive method to toArray
  • build() public static
    Initialize SimpleXMLElement or DOMDocument from a given XML string, file path, URL or array.
  • fromArray() public static
    Transform an array into a SimpleXMLElement
  • toArray() public static
    Returns this XML structure as an array.

Method Detail

_createChild()source protected static

_createChild( array $data )

Helper to _fromArray(). It will create childs of arrays

Parameters

array $data
Array with information to create childs

_fromArray()source protected static

_fromArray( DOMDocument $dom , DOMElement $node , array $data , string $format )

Recursive method to create childs from array

Parameters

DOMDocument $dom
Handler to DOMDocument
DOMElement $node
Handler to DOMElement (child)
array $data
Array of data to append to the $node.
string $format
Either 'attributes' or 'tags'. This determines where nested keys go.

Throws

Cake\Utility\Exception\XmlException

_loadXml()source protected static

_loadXml( string $input , array $options )

Parse the input data and create either a SimpleXmlElement object or a DOMDocument.

Parameters

string $input
The input to load.
array $options
The options to use. See Xml::build()

Returns

SimpleXmlElement|DOMDocument

Throws

Cake\Utility\Exception\XmlException

_toArray()source protected static

_toArray( SimpleXMLElement $xml , array $parentData , string $ns , array $namespaces )

Recursive method to toArray

Parameters

SimpleXMLElement $xml
SimpleXMLElement object
array $parentData
Parent array with data
string $ns
Namespace of current child
array $namespaces
List of namespaces in XML

build()source public static

build( string|array $input , array $options [] )

Initialize SimpleXMLElement or DOMDocument from a given XML string, file path, URL or array.

Usage:

Building XML from a string:

$xml = Xml::build('<example>text</example>');

Building XML from string (output DOMDocument):

$xml = Xml::build('<example>text</example>', ['return' => 'domdocument']);

Building XML from a file path:

$xml = Xml::build('/path/to/an/xml/file.xml');

Building XML from a remote URL:

use Cake\Http\Client;

$http = new Client();
$response = $http->get('http://example.com/example.xml');
$xml = Xml::build($response->body());

Building from an array:

$value = [
     'tags' => [
         'tag' => [
             [
                 'id' => '1',
                 'name' => 'defect'
             ],
             [
                 'id' => '2',
                 'name' => 'enhancement'
             ]
         ]
     ]
 ];
$xml = Xml::build($value);

When building XML from an array ensure that there is only one top level element.

Options

  • return Can be 'simplexml' to return object of SimpleXMLElement or 'domdocument' to return DOMDocument.
  • loadEntities Defaults to false. Set to true to enable loading of <!ENTITY definitions. This is disabled by default for security reasons.
  • readFile Set to false to disable file reading. This is important to disable when putting user data into Xml::build(). If enabled local files will be read if they exist. Defaults to true for backwards compatibility reasons.
  • parseHuge Enable the LIBXML_PARSEHUGE flag.

If using array as input, you can pass options from Xml::fromArray.

Parameters

string|array $input
XML string, a path to a file, a URL or an array
array $options optional []
The options to use

Returns

SimpleXMLElement|DOMDocument
SimpleXMLElement or DOMDocument

Throws

Cake\Utility\Exception\XmlException

fromArray()source public static

fromArray( array|Cake\Collection\Collection $input , string|array $options [] )

Transform an array into a SimpleXMLElement

Options

  • format If create childs ('tags') or attributes ('attributes').
  • pretty Returns formatted Xml when set to true. Defaults to false
  • version Version of XML document. Default is 1.0.
  • encoding Encoding of XML document. If null remove from XML header. Default is the some of application.
  • return If return object of SimpleXMLElement ('simplexml') or DOMDocument ('domdocument'). Default is SimpleXMLElement.

Using the following data:

$value = [
   'root' => [
       'tag' => [
           'id' => 1,
           'value' => 'defect',
           '@' => 'description'
        ]
    ]
];

Calling Xml::fromArray($value, 'tags'); Will generate:

<root><tag><id>1</id><value>defect</value>description</tag></root>

And calling Xml::fromArray($value, 'attributes'); Will generate:

<root><tag id="1" value="defect">description</tag></root>

Parameters

array|Cake\Collection\Collection $input
Array with data or a collection instance.
string|array $options optional []
The options to use or a string to use as format.

Returns

SimpleXMLElement|DOMDocument
SimpleXMLElement or DOMDocument

Throws

Cake\Utility\Exception\XmlException

toArray()source public static

toArray( SimpleXMLElement|DOMDocument|DOMNode $obj )

Returns this XML structure as an array.

Parameters

SimpleXMLElement|DOMDocument|DOMNode $obj
SimpleXMLElement, DOMDocument or DOMNode instance

Returns

array
Array representation of the XML structure.

Throws

Cake\Utility\Exception\XmlException

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