SimpleXMLElement Add Child Closure

Question

I'm trying to create a simple XML document but I'm having difficulty grouping the children appropriately. My XML should look like this:

<news>
    <abc>
        <content>test</content>
    </abc>
    <abc>
        <content2>test2</content2>
    </abc>
</news>

I'm using the following code:

$newsXML = new SimpleXMLElement("<news></news>");
$news = $newsXML->addChild('abc');
$news->addChild('content','test');
$news->addChild('content2','test2');
echo $newsXML->asXML();

and getting this:

<news>
    <abc>
        <content>test</content>
        <content2>test2</content2>
    </abc>
</news>

How do I separate the children?

`My XML should look like this` ... but that's not valid XML – Musa Feb 01 '15 at 15:08 — Musa, Feb 01 '15 at 15:08

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 01 '15 at 15:12

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Since you want 2 abc child tags, you have to create 2 not 1

$newsXML = new SimpleXMLElement("<news></news>");
$news1 = $newsXML->addChild('abc');
$news1->addChild('content','test');
$news2 = $newsXML->addChild('abc');
$news2->addChild('content2','test2');
echo $newsXML->asXML();

answered Feb 01 '15 at 15:12

Musa

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Beat me to it! Spot on. – Anthony Feb 01 '15 at 15:15
Thanks! Didn't even think to use addChild() for the same value more than once. – Ken J Feb 01 '15 at 15:16
Probably because you understood at some level that it's a bad design having multiple children with the same name at the same level. – Anthony Feb 01 '15 at 15:19

SimpleXMLElement Add Child Closure

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