Re: DOM XML/XSL questions

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:52:13 +0100, Dusty Bin <lixo@argus.pt> wrote: > I have a requirement to create an XML file which looks approximately like: > > <?xml version="1.0" ?> > <?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='article.xsl' ?> > <article> > <item>Item Text</item> > ... > </article> > > The file needs to be formatted. > > I built a dom using the Dom extension, creating a document, adding > nodes, and I got a nicely formatted XML file from $dom->saveXML(); > > The only problem I had, was that I could see no way to add the > stylesheet definition to the XML. I'm not sure that a DOM should know > anything about stylesheets, but an XML file probably should. > > I managed to bypass the problem, by loading the dom from a file, with > the style sheet and the root element included, and then proceeding to > build the dom by adding the extra nodes. This also worked fine, but now > the output from $dom->saveXML() is no longer formatted. > Here is some sample code: > > <?php > $txt =<<<EOT > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='../../../article.xsl' ?> > <Article > xmlns='http://www.example.com/xml' > xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' > xsi:schemaLocation='http://www.example.com/test/xml > article.xsd'> > </Article> > EOT; > > $dom = new DOMDocument(); > $dom->preserveWhiteSpace = FALSE; > $dom->resolveExternals = TRUE; > $dom->loadXML($txt); > > $item = $dom->createElement("Item"); > $itemText = $dom->createTextNode("Item Text"); > $item->appendChild($itemText); > $dom->documentElement->appendChild($item); > > $dom->formatOutput = TRUE; > > echo $dom->saveXML(); > ?> > > My questions are: > 1) How should I add a stylesheet to this type of document? (I do not > need to process the stylesheet in php, it is for the guidance of the end > user of the document, who may use it or modify it), > and, Use $dom->createProcessingInstruction($target, $data) ; and then append this to the document. that could maybe work see http://ch.php.net/manual/en/function.dom-domdocument-createprocessinginstruction.php for more details. > 2) Is this a (dare I say bug in an experimental extension) that if I > load the dom, and perform operations on the dom, I lose formatting(A dom > that is just loaded, or just created by dom operations, is correctly > formatted, a dom with mixed processes is not). The extension is not experimental anymore ;) And the formatting is not lost. you didn't provide any ;) The DOM Extension doesn't make any assumptions about the formatting of your XML document (or correctly said, it doesn't insert whitespace "automagically" ) but you can try to set the property formatOutput just before saveXML: $doc->formatOutput = true; Never tested, but should work chregu > TIA for any advice... Dusty > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- christian stocker | Bitflux GmbH | schoeneggstrasse 5 | ch-8004 zurich phone +41 1 240 56 70 | mobile +41 76 561 88 60 | fax +41 1 240 56 71 http://www.bitflux.ch | chregu@bitflux.ch | gnupg-keyid 0x5CE1DECB