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XML using PHP

This article helps those relatively new to using XML with PHP to write a short and uncomplicated XML file using the DOM in a PHP environment.

1. Create a new XML DOMDocument

$dom = new DomDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8');

Each XML document must have 1 and only 1 root element.

2. Create root node

$root = $dom->createElement('bookmarks');
$root = $dom->appendChild($root);

3. Create child node

$user = $dom->createElement('username', $userArray['Username']);
$root->appendChild($user);

4. Output XML

$xml_string = $dom->saveXML();
echo $xml_string;

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