PHP

XML NewChildBefore

Demonstrates the Chilkat.NewChildBefore method. Chilkat2 PHP

<?php

use Chilkat2\Xml;

$xml = new Xml();

$xml->Tag = 'order';
$xml->NewChild2('order_billing_info|price_list', 'Listino Italia');
$xml->NewChild2('order_billing_info|price_list_id', '1');
$xml->NewChild2('order_billing_info|first_name', 'Francesco');

echo $xml->GetXml(), "\n";

// We now have the following XML:

/*
 * <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 * <order>
 *     <order_billing_info>
 *         <price_list>Listino Italia</price_list>
 *         <price_list_id>1</price_list_id>
 *         <first_name>Francesco</first_name>
 *     </order_billing_info>
 * </order>
 */

// If there is no "customer_id" element under "order_billing_info", then add it.
if ($xml->HasChildWithTag('order_billing_info|customer_id')) {
    echo "customer_id already exists, nothing to do...\n";
    exit;
}

// Add the customer_id element just before the "price_list" element.

// Get the "order_billing_info" element
$orderBillingInfo = $xml->FindChild('order_billing_info');

// Call NewChildBefore to add an XML element <customer_id> before <price_list>
// First get the index of the element price_list
$index = $orderBillingInfo->TagIndex('price_list');
echo 'index = ', $index, "\n";

// Add the "customer_id" element just before specified index.
$xCustId = $orderBillingInfo->NewChildBefore($index, 'customer_id', '1234');

echo $xml->GetXml(), "\n";

// We now have:

/*
 * <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 * <order>
 *     <order_billing_info>
 *         <customer_id>1234</customer_id>
 *         <price_list>Listino Italia</price_list>
 *         <price_list_id>1</price_list_id>
 *         <first_name>Francesco</first_name>
 *     </order_billing_info>
 * </order>
 */