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XSLTProcessor::transformToXml

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

XSLTProcessor::transformToXml — Transform to XML

Description

public XSLTProcessor::transformToXml ( object $document ) : string|false|null

Transforms the source node to a string applying the stylesheet given by the xsltprocessor::importStylesheet() method.

Parameters

document

The DOMDocument or SimpleXMLElement object to be transformed.

Return Values

The result of the transformation as a string or FALSE on error.

Examples

Example #1 Transforming to a string

<?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 rulesecho $proc->transformToXML($xml);?>

The above example will 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>

See Also

• XSLTProcessor::transformToDoc() - Transform to a DOMDocument
• XSLTProcessor::transformToUri() - Transform to URI