Php Laravel - How to show xml file in browser

Question

I produced xml file in my directory. I want to show this file in browser using php?

(I want to show that as sitemap)

Here is my code :

   public function siteMap()
    {
        $test_array = array (
            'bla' => 'blub',
            'foo' => 'bar',
            'another_array' => array (
                'stack' => 'overflow',
            ),
        );

        $xml_template_info = new \SimpleXMLElement("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><template></template>");

        $this->array_to_xml($test_array,$xml_template_info);
        $xml_template_info->asXML(dirname(__FILE__)."/sitemap.xml") ;
        header('Content-type: text/xml');
        dd(readfile(dirname(__FILE__)."/sitemap.xml"));
    }

    public function array_to_xml(array $arr, \SimpleXMLElement $xml)
    {
      foreach ($arr as $k => $v) {
          is_array($v)
              ? $this->array_to_xml($v, $xml->addChild($k))
              : $xml->addChild($k, $v);
      }
      return $xml;
   }

And here is sitemap.xml:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<template><bla>blub</bla><foo>bar</foo><another_array><stack>overflow</stack></another_array></template>

Here is result :

I want show this xml file in my browser, Any idea for doing this correctly?

EDITED : Here is result with header('Content-type: text/plain');

It consist of some extra reports.

That error is telling you exactly what's wrong with the output. There's a lot of extra content after the </template> tag is closed. Nothing will display it as XML, because it's not valid XML. Something is sending the extra data! Perhaps try an exit(); after the readfile call. — Ben Hillier
– Ben Hillier, Commented Jul 13, 2016 at 8:26

Ali Khalili · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-25 16:11:55Z

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Assuming that the content of xml is in $xml variable, you can use one of the followings:

return response($xml, 200)->header('Content-Type', 'application/xml');

OR

return response($xml, 200, ['Content-Type' => 'application/xml']);

answered Mar 25, 2019 at 16:11

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fcva · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-28 19:20:23Z

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In your view create sitemap.blade.php.
Insert content xml in your sitemap.blade.php.
Create a function called sistemap.

 public function sitemap(){

     return response()->view('sitemap')->header('Content-Type', 'text/xml');

 }

In your routes:

 Route::get('sitemap', function () {
     return view('sitemap');
 });

answered Oct 28, 2017 at 19:20

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Caxz · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-01 13:19:40Z

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Change your route to this:

Route::get('/sitemap.xml', function (Request $request) {
     return response()->view('sitemap')->header('Content-Type', 'text/xml');
});

answered Jan 1, 2021 at 13:19

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rad11 · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-13 08:09:07Z

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Try:

<?php

public function array_to_xml(array $data, \SimpleXMLElement $xml) {
    foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
        if (is_array($value)) {
            if (is_numeric($key)) {
                $key = 'item' . $key; //dealing with <0/>..<n/> issues
            }
            $subnode = $xml->addChild($key);
            $this->array_to_xml($value, $subnode);
        } else {
            $xml->addChild("$key", htmlspecialchars("$value"));
        }
    }
}

public function siteMap()
    {
$data = array(
        'bla' => 'blub',
        'foo' => 'bar',
        'another_array' => array(
            'stack' => 'overflow',
        ),
    );

    $xml_template_info = new \SimpleXMLElement("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><template></template>");
    $this->array_to_xml($data, $xml_template_info);
    $xml_template_info->asXML(dirname(__FILE__) . "/sitemap.xml");
    header('Content-type: text/xml');
    die(readfile(dirname(__FILE__) . "/sitemap.xml"));
//or return readfile(dirname(__FILE__) . "/sitemap.xml");
    }

edited Jul 13, 2016 at 8:09

answered Jul 13, 2016 at 7:57

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Farzan Najipour Over a year ago

I'm coding in Laravel so I must use $this->array_to_xml($test_array, $xml_template_info);

rad11 Over a year ago

So implement that function to your method in Laravel, you not give body of your method so I add simple one function.

Farzan Najipour Over a year ago

I did it , when we use die() , it shows me proper result. but is there any way to return it's result as xml?

Farzan Najipour Over a year ago

Also , FILE is undefined constant so when I put FILE i get 127.

Ben Hillier · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-13 08:37:11Z

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That error is telling you exactly what's wrong with the output. There's a lot of extra content after the </template> tag is closed. Nothing will display it as XML, because it's not valid XML. Something is sending the extra data!

Perhaps try an exit(); after the readfile call.

answered Jul 13, 2016 at 8:37

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Paolo Forgia · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-31 11:04:59Z

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If you want to just show the contents of an xml file in browser same way as they look in xml file,just write name_of_xml_file.xml in url after the base address.

For example:

www.example.com/name_of_xml_file.xml

regardless of where you place it.

It should be in your websites folder and just use a function to redirect to that page if you want to autoload when a certain thing happens.

edited Mar 31, 2017 at 11:04

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answered Mar 31, 2017 at 7:45

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Fernando León · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-08 16:24:36Z

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What I did was add the xml file in the public folder of Laravel. Something like sitemap.xml. So you can easily access it with http://yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml.

edited Feb 8, 2018 at 16:24

answered Feb 7, 2018 at 15:36

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ceejayoz · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-08 16:27:24Z

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Laravel's dd function outputs a bunch of HTML to let you browse the debugging input. It's intended for debugging, not outputting normal stuff to the page. You shouldn't be using it like this.

Instead of

dd(readfile(dirname(__FILE__)."/sitemap.xml"));

try

return readfile(dirname(__FILE__)."/sitemap.xml");

answered Feb 8, 2018 at 16:27

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Mark · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-23 17:39:40Z

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I created a Laravel xml response package: https://github.com/mtownsend5512/response-xml

Install that and it's as simple as:

$test_array = array (
        'bla' => 'blub',
        'foo' => 'bar',
        'another_array' => array (
            'stack' => 'overflow',
        ),
    );
return response()->xml($test_array, 200, [], 'template');

And you get:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<template>
    <bla>blub</bla>
    <foo>bar</foo>
    <another_array>
        <stack>overflow</stack>
    </another_array>
</template>

answered Oct 23, 2018 at 17:39

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Vitaly · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-28 06:51:48Z

Create a route:

Route::get('sitemap.xml', 'SitemapController@index')->name('sitemapxml');

Put this code in your controller:

public function index() {
    $posts = Post::where('status', '=', 1)->get();
    return response()->view('sitemap_xml', ['posts' => $posts])->header('Content-Type', 'text/xml');
}

Put this code in your view file:

<?= '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>'; ?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9
        http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd">
    @foreach ($posts as $post)
        <url>
            <loc>{{ url($post->url) }}</loc>
            <lastmod>{{ $post->updated_at->tz('UTC')->toAtomString() }}</lastmod>
            <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
            <priority>0.7</priority>
        </url>
    @endforeach
</urlset>

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