XSLTProcessor::transformToXml
PHP function
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(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
Transform to XML
Description
XSLTProcessor::transformToXml(object $document): string|null|false
Transforms the source node to a string applying the stylesheet given by the xsltprocessor::importStylesheet() method.
Return Values
The result of the transformation as a string or false on error.
Examples
Transforming to a string
php
<?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:
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>Transforming to a string using Dom\Document
php
<?php
$xml = Dom\XMLDocument::createFromFile('collection.xml');
$xsl = Dom\XMLDocument::createFromFile('collection.xsl');
// Configure the transformer
$proc = new XSLTProcessor;
$proc->importStyleSheet($xsl); // attach the xsl rules
echo $proc->transformToXML($xml);
?>The above example will output:
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>