Codeception\Util\XmlBuilder

That’s a pretty simple yet powerful class to build XML structures in jQuery-like style. With no XML line actually written! Uses DOM extension to manipulate XML data.

<?php
$xml = new \Codeception\Util\XmlBuilder();
$xml->users
   ->user
       ->val(1)
       ->email
           ->val('[email protected]')
           ->attr('valid','true')
           ->parent()
       ->cart
           ->attr('empty','false')
           ->items
               ->item
                   ->val('useful item');
               ->parents('user')
       ->active
           ->val(1);
echo $xml;

This will produce this XML

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<users>
   <user>
       1
       <email valid="true">[email protected]</email>
       <cart empty="false">
           <items>
               <item>useful item</item>
           </items>
       </cart>
       <active>1</active>
   </user>
</users>

Usage

Builder uses chained calls. So each call to builder returns a builder object. Except for getDom and __toString methods.

• $xml->node - create new xml node and go inside of it.
• $xml->node->val('value') - sets the inner value of node
• $xml->attr('name','value') - set the attribute of node
• $xml->parent() - go back to parent node.
• $xml->parents('user') - go back through all parents to user node.

Export:

• $xml->getDom - get a DOMDocument object
• $xml->__toString - get a string representation of XML.

Source code

__construct()

public __construct()

See source

__get()

public __get($tag)

Appends child node

• param $tag
• return XmlBuilder

See source

__toString()

public __toString()

See source

attr()

public attr($attr, $val)

Sets attribute for current node

• param $attr
• param $val
• return XmlBuilder

See source

getDom()

public getDom()

• return \DOMDocument

See source

parent()

public parent()

Traverses to parent

• return XmlBuilder

See source

parents()

public parents($tag)

Traverses to parent with $name

• param $tag
• return XmlBuilder
• throws \Exception

See source

val()

public val($val)

• param $val
• return XmlBuilder

See source