How to create looped XML file from HTML in PHP?

Question

I would like to be able to create an XML file from some of the content of a html page. I have tried intensively but seem to miss something.

I have created two arrays, I have setup a DOMdocument and I have prepared to save an XML file on the server... I have tried to make tons of different foreach loops all over the place - but it won't work.

Here is my code:

<?php
$page = file_get_contents('http://www.halfmen.dk/!hmhb8/score.php');
$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->loadHTML($page);
$score = $doc->getElementsByTagName('div');

$keyarray = array();
$teamarray = array();

foreach ($score as $value) {
    if ($value->getAttribute('class') == 'xml') {
        $keyarray[] = $value->firstChild->nodeValue;
        $teamarray[] = $value->firstChild->nextSibling->nodeValue;
    }
}

print_r($keyarray);
print_r($teamarray);

$doc = new DOMDocument('1.0','utf-8');
$doc->formatOutput = true;

$droot = $doc->createElement('ROOT');
$droot = $doc->appendChild($droot);

$dsection = $doc->createElement('SECTION');
$dsection = $droot->appendChild($dsection);

$dkey = $doc->createElement('KEY');
$dkey = $dsection->appendChild($dkey);

$dteam = $doc->createElement('TEAM');
$dteam = $dsection->appendChild($dteam);

$dkeytext = $doc->createTextNode($keyarray);
$dkeytext = $dkey->appendChild($dkeytext);

$dteamtext = $doc->createTextNode($teamarray);
$dteamtext = $dteam->appendChild($dteamtext);

echo $doc->save('xml/test.xml');
?>

I really like simplicity, thank you.

You might like to read [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6366351/getting-dom-elements-by-classname) and then reformulate your statement to include a question — RiggsFolly, Aug 23 '17 at 14:39

Nigel Ren · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-23T14:53:35.493

You need to add each item in one at a time rather than as an array, which is why I build the XML for each div tag rather than as a second pass. I've had to assume that your XML is structured the way I've done it, but this may help you.

$page = file_get_contents('http://www.halfmen.dk/!hmhb8/score.php');
$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->loadHTML($page);
$score = $doc->getElementsByTagName('div');

$doc = new DOMDocument('1.0','utf-8');
$doc->formatOutput = true;

$droot = $doc->createElement('ROOT');
$droot = $doc->appendChild($droot);

foreach ($score as $value) {
    if ($value->getAttribute('class') == 'xml') {
        $dsection = $doc->createElement('SECTION');
        $dsection = $droot->appendChild($dsection);

        $dkey = $doc->createElement('KEY', $value->firstChild->nodeValue);
        $dkey = $dsection->appendChild($dkey);

        $dteam = $doc->createElement('TEAM', $value->firstChild->nextSibling->nodeValue);
        $dteam = $dsection->appendChild($dteam);

    }
}

It's also shorter if when creating an element, you can set the value of it at that point rather than having to create a text node as well. — Nigel Ren, Aug 23 '17 at 14:54

How to create looped XML file from HTML in PHP?

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