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Basic example

Let's assume, you've got an XML document that is really badly formatted:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE page [     <!ENTITY foo SYSTEM "foo.xml">     <!ENTITY bar SYSTEM "bar.xml"> ]> <document title="Current News"> <meta project="none" foo="bar">     <keywords/><description/> <author>Stephan Schmidt</author> <getMetaNav/> </meta> <page label="PHP Application Tools" sublabel="Current News"> <?PHP     for($i = 0; $i < count($_GET); $i++) {         echo    $_GET[$i]."<br>";     } ?> &foo;&bar; <intro>    <!-- This Comment has more     than one line.                     -->         <introtitle>Welcome to PHP Application Tools &amp; PEAR!</introtitle> <para>         If you're new to pat, and would like         <!-- This is a comment in a single line that contains an &amp; -->          to know                    what we do                    here, take a look at                    <link url=          "/about/project.xml">          "About Pat"</link>  or check out the <link url="/about/projectsOverview.xml">"projects overview"</link>. Otherwise, you probably know your way  around the site already <smiley type="smile"/> </para>                                             </intro> </page> </document>

All you have to do is to use XML_Beautifier, pass the filename of the original file and the filename for the new file:

require_once "XML/Beautifier.php"; $fmt = new XML_Beautifier(); $result = $fmt->formatFile('originalFile.xml', 'beautifiedFile.xml');  if (PEAR::isError($result)) {     echo $result->getMessage();     exit(); } echo "File beautified, awaiting orders!<br />";

And voila, your document looks nice:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE page [     <!ENTITY foo SYSTEM "foo.xml">     <!ENTITY bar SYSTEM "bar.xml"> ]> <document title="Current News">     <meta foo="bar" project="none">         <keywords />         <description />         <author>Stephan Schmidt</author>         <getMetaNav />     </meta>     <page label="PHP Application Tools" sublabel="Current News">         <?PHP         for($i = 0; $i < count($_GET); $i++) {                 echo    $_GET[$i]."<br>";             }         ?>         &foo;         &bar;         <intro>             <!--                 This Comment                 has more                 than one line.             -->             <introtitle>Welcome to PHP Application Tools &amp; PEAR!</introtitle>             <para>                 If you&apos;re new to pat, and would like                 <!-- This is a comment in a single line that contains an &amp; -->                 to know what we do here, take a look at                 <link url="/about/project.xml">&quot;About Pat&quot;</link>                 or check out the                 <link url="/about/projectsOverview.xml">&quot;projects overview&quot;</link>                 . Otherwise, you probably know your way around the site already                 <smiley type="smile" />             </para>         </intro>     </page> </document>