export() which expects a stdClass in return, * otherwise it will attempt to get the object variables using get_object_vars (which * will only return public variables!) * * @param mixed $data The object to serialise. * @param string $name The name? * @param int $n Level, only used for recursion. * * @return string The serialised XML output. */ function serialise_object_to_xml($data, $name = "", $n = 0) { $classname = ($name == "" ? get_class($data) : $name); $vars = method_exists($data, "export") ? get_object_vars($data->export()) : get_object_vars($data); $output = ""; if (($n == 0) || ( is_object($data) && !($data instanceof stdClass))) { $output = "<$classname>"; } foreach ($vars as $key => $value) { $output .= "<$key type=\"" . gettype($value) . "\">"; if (is_object($value)) { $output .= serialise_object_to_xml($value, $key, $n + 1); } else if (is_array($value)) { $output .= serialise_array_to_xml($value, $n + 1); } else if (gettype($value) == "boolean") { $output .= $value ? "true" : "false"; } else { $output .= htmlspecialchars($value, ENT_NOQUOTES, 'UTF-8'); } $output .= "\n"; } if (($n == 0) || (is_object($data) && !($data instanceof stdClass))) { $output .= "\n"; } return $output; } /** * Serialise an array. * * @param array $data The data to serialize * @param int $n Used for recursion * * @return string */ function serialise_array_to_xml(array $data, $n = 0) { $output = ""; if ($n == 0) { $output = "\n"; } foreach ($data as $key => $value) { $item = "array_item"; if (is_numeric($key)) { $output .= "<$item name=\"$key\" type=\"" . gettype($value) . "\">"; } else { $item = $key; $output .= "<$item type=\"" . gettype($value) . "\">"; } if (is_object($value)) { $output .= serialise_object_to_xml($value, "", $n + 1); } else if (is_array($value)) { $output .= serialise_array_to_xml($value, $n + 1); } else if (gettype($value) == "boolean") { $output .= $value ? "true" : "false"; } else { $output .= htmlspecialchars($value, ENT_NOQUOTES, 'UTF-8'); } $output .= "\n"; } if ($n == 0) { $output .= "\n"; } return $output; } /** * Parse an XML file into an object. * * @param string $xml The XML * * @return object */ function xml_to_object($xml) { return new XmlElement($xml); }