(PHP using ActiveX) XML Sort Records by Content

Demonstrates the SortRecordsByContent method.

The input XML, available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitRecordsSort.xml, is this:

<root>
    <fruits>
        <fruit>
            <name>apple</name>
            <color>red</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>banana</name>
            <color>yellow</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>blackberry</name>
            <color>purple</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>blueberry</name>
            <color>blue</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>orange</name>
            <color>orange</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>pear</name>
            <color>green</color>
        </fruit>
    </fruits>
</root>

Download Chilkat XML ActiveX

<?php

$xml = new COM("Chilkat.Xml");

//  The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitRecordsSort.xml
$success = $xml->LoadXmlFile('fruitRecordsSort.xml');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $xml->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  The "fruit" records are direct children of the "fruits" node.
//  Therefore, to sort the fruit records, the SortRecordsByContent
//  method must be called from the "fruits" node.
// xSortRoot is a Chilkat.Xml
$xSortRoot = $xml->FindChild('fruits');

//  Sort by the "name" field in ascending order.
$bAscending = 1;
$xSortRoot->SortRecordsByContent('name',$bAscending);

//  Show the result:
print $xml->getXml() . "\n";

//  
<root>
    <fruits>
        <fruit>
            <name>apple</name>
            <color>red</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>banana</name>
            <color>yellow</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>blackberry</name>
            <color>purple</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>blueberry</name>
            <color>blue</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>orange</name>
            <color>orange</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>pear</name>
            <color>green</color>
        </fruit>
    </fruits>
</root>



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