Re: Re: SimpleXML & libxml options (XInclude)

Rob wrote:

Ben Roberts wrote:

I'm trying to get the SimpleXML extension to read an XML file and process the XInclude statements within the XML file. The SimpleXML docs state that libxml options may be specified using the predefined constants that are available when PHP is compiled with libxml support (as it is when you use SimpleXML). http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/function.simplexml-element-construct.php

LIBMLXML_XINLCUDE currently only works with XMLReader. You would need to import your doc to DOM and then processes the xinclude: $xml_file = './master.xml'; $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xml_file, 0, true); $dom = dom_import_simplexml($xml); $dom->ownerDocument->xinclude();

      print_r($xml);

Rob

Thanks Rob. That works. And it appears to work flawlessly if you subsequently convert it back to a SimpleXML object too: $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xml_file, 0, true); $dom = dom_import_simplexml($xml); $dom->ownerDocument->xinclude(); $xml = simplexml_import_dom($dom); Dump($xml); I have to convert it back to the SimpleXML object as I have an existing application that relies on the SimpleXML structure. Is it likely that this will be supported directly by SimpleXML in future versions of PHP? Ben