The asXML method formats the parent object's data in XML version 1.0.
public mixed SimpleXMLElement::asXML ([ string $filename ] )
The asXML() function returns a well-formed XML string (XML version 1.0) from a SimpleXML object.
Parameter | Description |
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filename | If specified, the function writes the data to the file rather than returning it. |
If the filename isn't specified, this function returns a string on success and FALSE on error. If the parameter is specified, it returns TRUE if the file was written successfully and FALSE otherwise.