I want to replace innertext of a XML node my XML file named test.xml
is
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ads>
<loop>no</loop>
<item>
<description>Description 1</description>
</item>
<item>
<description>Text in item2</description>
</item>
<item>
<description>Let play with this XML</description>
</item>
</ads>
I want to change the value of loop
and description
tag both, and it should be saved in test.xml
like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ads>
<loop>yes</loop>
<item>
<description>Description Changing Here</description>
</item>
<item>
<description>Changing text in item2</description>
</item>
<item>
<description>We will play later</description>
</item>
</ads>
I tried code in PHP:
<?
$file = "test.xml";
$fp = fopen($file, "rb") or die("cannot open file");
$str = fread($fp, filesize($file));
$dom=new DOMDocument();
$dom->formatOutput = true;
$dom->preserveWhiteSpace = false;
$dom->loadXML($str) or die("Error");
//$dom->load("items.xml");
$root=$dom->documentElement; // This can differ (I am not sure, it can be only documentElement or documentElement->firstChild or only firstChild)
$loop=$root->getElementsByTagName('loop')->item(0);//->textContent;
//echo $loop;
if(trim($loop->textContent)=='no')
{
echo 'ok';
$root->getElementsByTagName('loop')->item(0)->nodeValue ='yes';
}
echo "<xmp>NEW:
". $dom->saveXML() ."</xmp>";
?>
I tried only for loop
tag.I don't know how to replace nodevalue
in description tag
. When I run this page it shows output like:
ok
NEW:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ads>
<loop>yes</loop>
<item>
<description>Description 1</description>
</item>
<item>
<description>Changing text in item2</description>
</item>
<item>
<description>Let play with this XML</description>
</item>
</ads>
It gives the value yes
in browser but don't save it in test.xml
any reason?
So, since you have created DOMDocument
you can use DOMXpath. Or keep using getElementsByTagName()
You could do this (but only in that context):
$descriptions = $root->getElementsByTagName('description');
foreach($descriptions as $nodeDesciption)
{
$nodeDesciption->nodeValue ='Your custom value';
}