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Constructing an XML Document with the DOM Functions

 
<?php

$news = array(
  array( "headline" => "header",
    "image" => "high.gif",
    "byline" => "line",
    "article" => "news",
    "type" => "short"
    )
);


$doc = new DomDocument("1.0");
$root = $doc->appendChild( $doc->createElement("banana-news") );
foreach( $news as $newselement ) {
  $item = $root->appendChild( $doc->createElement( "newsitem") );
  $item->setAttribute( "type", $newselement['type'] );
  foreach( array("headline", "image", "byline") as $tagname ) {
    $el = $doc->createElement( $tagname );
    $item->appendChild( $el );
    $text = $doc->createTextNode( $newselement[$tagname] );
    $el->appendChild( $text );

  }
}

print $doc->saveXML( );








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