SimpleXMLElement->asXML

Description

The asXML method formats the parent object's data in XML version 1.0.

Example 1. Get XML <?php $string = <<<XML <a> <b>   <c>text</c>   <c>stuff</c> </b> <d>   <c>code</c> </d> </a> XML; $xml = simplexml_load_string($string); echo $xml->asXML(); // <?xml ... <a><b><c>text</c><c>stuff</c> ... ?>

asXML also works on Xpath results:

Example 2. Using asXML() on Xpath results <?php // Continued from example XML above. /* Search for <a><b><c> */ $result = $xml->xpath('/a/b/c'); while(list( , $node) = each($result)) {     echo $node->asXML(); // <c>text</c> and <c>stuff</c> } ?>