Re: XML_Serializer

At a guess, I'd say it's a shortcoming - it's probably using array key entries to keep everything easy to work with behind the scenes. I would recommend a different approach - XMLWriter is probably worth looking into; or just the DOM extension. On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Noel da Costa <noel@arc2.co.uk> wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm trying to use the XML_SERIALIZER to build the following XML: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> > <Styles > > <Style name="Title" element="H1"> > <Attribute name="class" value="Title" /> > </Style > > <Style name="Header" element="H2"> > <Attribute name="class" value="Header" /> > </Style > > <Style name="Sub-header" element="H3"> > <Attribute name="class" value="Sub-header" /> > </Style > > <Style name="Sub-sub-header" element="H4"> > <Attribute name="class" value="Sub-sub-header" /> > </Style > > <Style name="Intro" element="p"> > <Override element="p" /> > <Override element="span" /> > <Attribute name="class" value="IntroP" /> > </Style > > <Style name="Body" element="p"> > <Override element="p" /> > <Override element="span" /> > <Attribute name="class" value="BodyP" /> > </Style > > <Style name="Quotes" element="span"> > <Override element="span" /> > <Attribute name="class" value="Quotes" /> > </Style > > <Style name="Caption" element="span"> > <Override element="span" /> > <Attribute name="class" value="Caption" /> > </Style > > </Styles> > > > Here is my PHP code: > require_once 'XML/Serializer.php'; > $serializer_options = array ( > 'addDecl' => TRUE, > 'encoding' => 'ISO-8859-1', > 'indent' => ' ', > 'indentAttributes' => '_auto', > 'rootName' => 'Styles', > 'defaultTagName' => 'Style', > 'scalarAsAttributes' => true > ); > $Serializer = &new XML_Serializer($serializer_options); > //x($stylesArray); > foreach ($stylesArray as $key=>$val) { > $overrides = array(); > if (!empty($val['attribute'])) > { > foreach ($val['attribute'] as > $aKey=>$aVal) { > $attributes = new > AttributeInformation($aVal['name'],$aVal['value']); > } > } > if (!empty($val['override'])) > { > foreach ($val['override'] as > $oKey=>$oVal) { > $overrides[] = new > OverrideInformation($oVal['name'],$oVal['value']); > } > } > > $dataArray[] = new > StyleInformation($val['name'],$val['element'],$attributes ); > } > > $status = $Serializer->serialize($dataArray); > if (PEAR::isError($status)) { > die($status->getMessage()); > } > > // Display the XML document > header('Content-type: text/xml'); > echo($Serializer->getSerializedData()); > die(); > > // Classes to store style information > class StyleInformation { > var $name; > var $element; > var $attribute; > function StyleInformation($name = NULL, $element = NULL,$attribute = > NULL) { > $this->name = $name; > $this->element = $element; > $this->attribute = $attribute; > } > } > class AttributeInformation { > var $name; > var $value; > function AttributeInformation($name = NULL, $value = NULL) { > $this->name = $name; > $this->value = $value; > } > } > class OverrideInformation { > var $element; > function AttributeInformation($element = NULL) { > $this->element = $element; > } > } > > You can see that I'm using the "scalarAsAttributes" option which helps. > However, the problem seems to be with catering for multiple instances of the > same tags; for example, "overrides" . > > It works for "attributes" because it is an object. However it doesn't work > for "overrides" which is an array of objects. > > Is this a limitation in XML_SERIALIZER, or am I using it incorrectly? > > > > Thanks, > Noel da Costa > > > > > > > >