libxml2 convert a node and all it's contents to a raw xml string

Question

I would like to convert a node and all it's content and children to a string.

for example I have this node

<node i="a">
  <child1>azerty</child1>
  <child2>qwerty</child2>
</node>

I would like to have function to translate to a string "str1" the content of the string will be like this:

<node i="a">
  <child1>azerty</child1>
  <child2>qwerty</child2>
</node>

That is the raw node contents in the exact shape it was in the source xml file.

Please correct the mistake in the question. Same xml code is given twice, but no desired string. — Jarekczek, Sep 18 '12 at 13:57
I edited your question to make it clear that you want the raw xml contents. Is your question answered correctly here: [libxml xmlNodePtr to raw xml string?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8232094/libxml-xmlnodeptr-to-raw-xml-string)? It's easy to find it: `[libxml2] raw`. — Jarekczek, Oct 04 '12 at 05:50

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 13 '12 at 16:39

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this might help:

xmlChar * xmlXPathCastNodeSetToString (xmlNodeSetPtr ns) Converts a node-set to its string value.

answered Jun 13 '12 at 16:39

eqzx

I have already tried it. It only converts the content in my example the result will be: "azerty\nqwerty" – user655561 Jun 13 '12 at 19:40

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