How can i create xml file from userdata using a schema?

PHP
1

Hi

I have a situation where i need to create a xml document from the data given by the users.

In this part i’ve no problems. I tried both simplexml and DOMDocument for that.

And also i’ve a scheme for the xml document.

Now I need to create the xml document with respect to the schema.

For example, if the schema is

<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
<xs:element name="formpatterns">
<xs:element name="pan" type="pantype"/>
<xs:element name="name" type="nametype"/>
<xs:element name="fatherName" type="nametype"/>
<xs:group ref="address"/>
<xs:element name="dob" type="xs:date"/>
</xs:schema>

and if user gives the data for pan, name, fathername, address, dob then
i need to create the xml document automatically by matching the schema and data.

Any help??

2

I found a class for you: XSLTProcessor
Use it in 3 steps:

  1. construct.
  2. Import a style sheet using XSLTProcessor::importStylesheet
  3. Transform to XML using XSLTProcessor::transformToXML
3

i think xml stylesheet is different from xml schema…

I dont know whether i’m right…

But xsl is a xml stylesheet which says how the xml data should be styled , while xsd is the xml schema which says the structure of the xml…

Any body any ideas on this?

4

The schema (xsd) is used for validation of XML documents, the style-sheet is used for transformations.

5

Yes, you are right.

I’ve a schema from a third party and i’ve create my own xml document from the user given data with respect to the schema.

That’s what i exactly want…

If there is no other way of doing it by predefined classes, then anybody please tell me the way to do it programatically.