Add Data To A XML File Using PHP

Question

I would like to add some data to a XML file using PHP. I'm quite new and so do not know much of the terminology and so will try to explain it as much as possible. Thanks Joe

XML FILE:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<music>
    <song>
        <title>Example Song</title>
        <album>A Album</album>
        <artist>A Artist</artist>
        <length>3.41</length>
    </song>
//The New Song I Would Like To Add For Example
    <song>
        <title>Another Example Song</title>
        <album>Another A Album</album>
        <artist>Another A Artist</artist>
        <length>Another 3.41</length>
    </song>
//The End Of The New Song I Would Like To Add

</music>

I think that [How to generate XML file dynamically using PHP?][1] maybe helps you [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/a/487282/5127395 — Seyn, Jul 18 '15 at 18:16

NorthernLights · Answer 1 · 2015-07-18T20:54:33.957

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This should do the trick:

$xml_load = simplexml_load_file($Your_xml);
$song = $xml_load->addChild("song");
$song->addChild("title", "song title");
$song->addChild("album", "song album");
$song->addChild("artist", "song artist");
$song->addChild("length", "03:01");

echo $xml_load->saveXML()

edited Jul 18 '15 at 20:54

answered Jul 18 '15 at 18:38

NorthernLights

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Hello Thanks but this does not seem to save it is there any way of doing this or is it just me? – Joseph Saunders Jul 18 '15 at 20:12

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 18 '15 at 18:18

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Try using PHP's SimpleXML

The SimpleXML usage page gives a good tutorial of how to use it.

answered Jul 18 '15 at 18:18

Maltronic

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

I haven't tested that but I think that it would be work

With SimpleXML

// Read file    
$music = simplexml_load_file('music.xml');

$character = $music->addChild('song');
$character->addChild('title', 'Another Example Song');
$character->addChild('album', 'Another A Album');
$character->addChild('artist', 'Another A Artist');
$character->addChild('length', 'Another 3.41');

And then force download the new file

Add Data To A XML File Using PHP

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