I'm using this code in Codeigniter to generate XML:
public function get_cuisine()
{
$this->load->dbutil();
$sql = "select * from cuisine";
$query = $this->db->query($sql);
$config = array (
'root' => 'root',
'element' => 'element',
'newline' => "\n",
'tab' => "\t"
);
echo $this->dbutil->xml_from_result($query, $config);
}
But this shows the general print format. How can I get it to show as an XML type page?
You'll need to set XML headers if you want to output the file directly:
Using the Codeigniter Output class:
$xml = $this->dbutil->xml_from_result($query, $config);
$this->output->set_content_type('text/xml');
$this->output->set_output($xml);
Or you can use plain PHP to set the headers:
header('Content-type: text/xml');
echo $this->dbutil->xml_from_result($query, $config);
Or you can use the CI download helper:
$xml = $this->dbutil->xml_from_result($query, $config);
$this->load->helper('download');
force_download('myfile.xml', $xml);
Or write it to a file with the file helper:
$xml = $this->dbutil->xml_from_result($query, $config);
$this->load->helper('file');
$file_name = '/path/to/myfile.xml';
write_file($file_name, $xml);
// Optionally redirect to the file you (hopefully) just created
redirect($file_name);
I had also the same question. I have googled it. Found this solution. And it works perfectly for me. Click here to get the source code
Just download and unzip ( extract it)
Then copy the xml_writer.php in application->libraries of the extracted folder to your libraries folder in your Codeigniter project.
Also copy the xml.php in the application->controller in to your controllers folder
Finally copy the xml.php in the views of the extracted folder in to your view and run it..
That's it...
Custom solution:
$mysql_data = $this->db->get('products')
->result_array();
$xml = '<root>';
foreach($mysql_data as $row){
$xml .= '<item>
<name>'.$row['title'].'</name>
<price>'.$row['price'].'</price>
<image>'.$row['pic'].'</image>
</item>';
}
$xml .= '</root>';
$this->output->set_content_type('text/xml');
$this->output->set_output($xml);
For CodeIgniter 4 it's much easier. You can use the integrated response object and just do something like:
return $this->response->setXML($xmlString);
This simplifies it a lot, in my case I generate the XML using views and then just output the XML using this same thing, just something like:
return $this->response->setXML(view('myfeed'));
