PHP Extension

XML Sort by Tag

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Demonstrates the SortByTag method.

The input XML, available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort1.xml, is this:

<root>
    <fruits>
        <apple>
            <fuji>blah</fuji>
            <gala>blah</gala>
            <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
            <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
            <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
        </apple>
        <banana>blah</banana>
        <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
        <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
        <orange>blah</orange>
        <pear>blah</pear>
    </fruits>
</root>

PHP Extension

<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

$xml = new CkXml();

// The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort1.xml
$success = $xml->LoadXmlFile('fruitSort1.xml');
if ($success != true) {
    print $xml->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Sort the direct children under the "fruits" node by tag:
// xSortRoot is a CkXml
$xSortRoot = $xml->FindChild('fruits');

// Sort in ascending order.
$bAscending = true;
$xSortRoot->SortByTag($bAscending);

// Show the result:
print $xml->getXml() . "\n";

// <root>
//     <fruits>
//         <apple>
//             <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
//             <gala>blah</gala>
//             <fuji>blah</fuji>
//             <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
//             <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
//         </apple>
//         <banana>blah</banana>
//         <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
//         <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
//         <orange>blah</orange>
//         <pear>blah</pear>
//     </fruits>
// </root>

// Sort the direct children under the "apple" node:
$success = $xSortRoot->FindChild2('apple');

$xSortRoot->SortByTag($bAscending);
print $xml->getXml() . "\n";

// <root>
//     <fruits>
//         <apple>
//             <fuji>blah</fuji>
//             <gala>blah</gala>
//             <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
//             <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
//             <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
//         </apple>
//         <banana>blah</banana>
//         <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
//         <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
//         <orange>blah</orange>
//         <pear>blah</pear>
//     </fruits>
// </root>


?>