SimpleXml to string

Question

Is there any function that makes string from PHP simpleXMLElement?

Answer 1

Perhaps This is what you are looking for.

Answer 2

$string = "<element><child>Hello World</child></element>";
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($string);

$xml->asXML(); //The entire XML tree as a string
$xml->child->asXML(); //Just the child node as a string

Answer 3

You can use the asXML method as:

<?php

// string to SimpleXMLElement
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($string);

// make any changes.
....

// convert the SimpleXMLElement back to string.
$newString = $xml->asXML();
?>