XSLTProcessor::transformToXml
(PHP 5, PHP 7)
XSLTProcessor::transformToXml — Transform to XML
Description
public XSLTProcessor::transformToXml ( object $document ) : string|false|null
Transforms the source node to a string applying the stylesheet given by the xsltprocessor::importStylesheet() method.
Parameters
-
document -
The DOMDocument or SimpleXMLElement object to be transformed.
Return Values
The result of the transformation as a string or false on error.
Examples
Example #1 Transforming to a string
<?php
// Load the XML source
$xml = new DOMDocument;
$xml->load('collection.xml');
$xsl = new DOMDocument;
$xsl->load('collection.xsl');
// Configure the transformer
$proc = new XSLTProcessor;
$proc->importStyleSheet($xsl); // attach the xsl rules
echo $proc->transformToXML($xml);
?> The above example will output:
Hey! Welcome to Nicolas Eliaszewicz's sweet CD collection! <h1>Fight for your mind</h1><h2>by Ben Harper - 1995</h2><hr> <h1>Electric Ladyland</h1><h2>by Jimi Hendrix - 1997</h2><hr>
See Also
- XSLTProcessor::transformToDoc() - Transform to a DOMDocument
- XSLTProcessor::transformToUri() - Transform to URI
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https://www.php.net/manual/en/xsltprocessor.transformtoxml.php