(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
XSLTProcessor::transformToXml — Transform to XML
Transforms the source node to a string applying the stylesheet given by the xsltprocessor::importStylesheet() method.
document
The Dom\Document, DOMDocument, SimpleXMLElement or libxml-compatible object to be transformed.
returnClass
This optional parameter may be used so that
XSLTProcessor::transformToDoc()
will return an object of the specified class.
That class should either extend or be the same class as document
's class.
The result of the transformation as a string or false
on error.
Version | Description |
---|---|
8.4.0 | Added support for Dom\Document. |
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 rules
echo $proc->transformToXML($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>
Example #2 Transforming to a string using Dom\Document
<?php
$xml = Dom\XMLDocument::createFromFile('collection.xml');
$xsl = Dom\XMLDocument::createFromFile('collection.xsl');
// Configure the transformer
$proc = new XSLTProcessor;
$proc->importStyleSheet($xsl); // attach the xsl rules
echo $proc->transformToXML($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>