Format XML Document created with PHP - DOMDocument

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I am trying to format visually how my XML file looks when it is output. Right now if you go here and view the source you will see what the file looks like.

The PHP I have that creates the file is: (Note, $links_array is an array of urls)

        header('Content-Type: text/xml');
        $sitemap = new DOMDocument;
        
        // create root element
        $root = $sitemap->createElement("urlset");
        $sitemap->appendChild($root);
         
        $root_attr = $sitemap->createAttribute('xmlns'); 
        $root->appendChild($root_attr); 

        $root_attr_text = $sitemap->createTextNode('http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9'); 
        $root_attr->appendChild($root_attr_text); 

        
        
        foreach($links_array as $http_url){
        
                // create child element
                $url = $sitemap->createElement("url");
                $root->appendChild($url);
                
                $loc = $sitemap->createElement("loc");
                $lastmod = $sitemap->createElement("lastmod");
                $changefreq = $sitemap->createElement("changefreq");
                
                $url->appendChild($loc);
                $url_text = $sitemap->createTextNode($http_url);
                $loc->appendChild($url_text);
                
                $url->appendChild($lastmod);
                $lastmod_text = $sitemap->createTextNode(date("Y-m-d"));
                $lastmod->appendChild($lastmod_text);
                
                $url->appendChild($changefreq);
                $changefreq_text = $sitemap->createTextNode("weekly");
                $changefreq->appendChild($changefreq_text);
                
        }
        
        $file = "sitemap.xml";
        $fh = fopen($file, 'w') or die("Can't open the sitemap file.");
        fwrite($fh, $sitemap->saveXML());
        fclose($fh);
    }

As you can tell by looking at the source, the file isn't as readable as I would like it to be. Is there any way for me to format the nodes?

Thanks,
Levi

You can add a xml header and open it in FireFox. This will show a nice formatted version off your xml document — Robert Cabri
– Robert Cabri, Commented Jan 6, 2010 at 10:37

Anurag · Accepted Answer · 2010-01-06 08:30:51Z

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Checkout the formatOutput setting in DOMDocument.

$sitemap->formatOutput = true

answered Jan 6, 2010 at 8:30

Anurag

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joetsuihk · Accepted Answer · 2010-01-06 08:27:50Z

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not just PHP, there is a stylesheet for XML: XSLT, which can format XML into sth looks good.

answered Jan 6, 2010 at 8:27

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Levi Over a year ago

Ah ok, I have done some basic XSLT stylesheets before. I was hoping there was a way to at least put line breaks in after a node was created with PHP.

joetsuihk Over a year ago

answer from above formatOutput do the job? your question seems mis leading this way....

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