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Package php-xml-reader
Short Description PHP package to read XML with nice API.
License MIT
Homepage https://github.com/kiwilan/php-xml-reader
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PHP XML Reader

PHP package to read XML with nice API, heavily inspired by stackoverflow answer.
About
PHP have native functions to read XML files with SimpleXML, but it's not easy to use and not very flexible. This package offer to read XML files as array, with a simple and flexible API.
Requirements
- PHP version >= 8.0
Installation
You can install the package via composer:
Usage
You can read XML from path or from content.
mapContent:booleanIf a key has only@contentkey, return only the value of@content. Default:true.failOnError:booleanThrow exception if XML is invalid. Default:true.
Methods
| Method | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
$xml->getRoot() |
Value of root element | ?string |
$xml->getRootNS() |
Namespaces of root element | string[] |
$xml->getRootAttributes() |
Attributes of root element | array<string, mixed> |
$xml->getRootAttributes('key'); |
Value of key attribute of root element |
mixed |
$xml->getVersion(); |
XML version | ?string |
$xml->getEncoding(); |
XML encoding | ?string |
$xml->isValidXml(); |
Check if XML is valid | bool |
$xml->getPath(); |
Path of XML file | ?string |
$xml->getFilename(); |
Filename of XML file | ?string |
$xml->getConverter(); |
Converter used to convert XML to array | \Kiwilan\XmlReader\XmlConverter |
$xml->save('path/to/file.xml'); |
Save XML file | bool |
$xml->toArray(); |
Convert XML to array | array<string, mixed> |
$xml->__toString(); |
Convert XML to string | string |
Advanced methods
| Method | Description | Type | Options |
|---|---|---|---|
$xml->getContents() |
XML as multidimensional array | array<string, mixed> |
|
$xml->find('key') |
Find key will return first value where that contain key | array<string, mixed> |
strict, content, attributes |
$xml->search('key') |
Search will return all values that contain key | mixed |
|
$xml->extract(...keys) |
Extract metadata key, if not found return null |
mixed |
|
XmlReader::parseContent(key) |
Parse content of entry | mixed |
|
XmlReader::parseAttributes(key) |
Parse attributes of entry | array<string, mixed> or null |
Basic usage
XML as multidimensional array from root (safe).
Basic usage.
Find
Find key will return first value where key that contain title (safe).
Find key will return first value where key is dc:title (safe)
Find key will return first value where key that contain dc:title and return @content (safe)
Find key will return first value where key contain dc:creator and return @attributes (safe)
Search
Search will return all values that contain dc (safe)
Extract
Extract metadata key, if not found return null (safe)
Extract metadata and dc:title keys (safe)
Get content
If you want to extract only @content you could use parseContent() method, if you want to extract only @attributes you could use parseAttributes() method.
Extract dc:title key and return @content (safe)
Extract dc:creator key and return @content (safe)
Extract dc:creator key and return @attributes (safe)
Testing
Changelog
Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.
Credits
spatieforspatie/package-skeleton-php
License
The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.