The XMLWriter::setIndentString() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to set the string which will be used to indent each element/attribute of the resulting xml.
Syntax:
bool XMLWriter::setIndentString( string $indentString )
Parameters: This function accepts a single parameter $indentString which holds the string to be used as indent.
Return Value: This function returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
Below examples illustrate the XMLWriter::setIndentString() function in PHP:
Example 1:
<?php // Create a new XMLWriter instance $writer = new XMLWriter();
// Create the output stream as PHP // Start the document $writer ->startDocument( '1.0' , 'UTF-8' );
// Enable the indents $writer ->setIndent(true);
// Set the indent string $writer ->setIndentString( '--->' );
// Start a element $writer ->startElement( 'div' );
// Start a element $writer ->startElement( 'div' );
// Add value to the element $writer ->text( 'Hello World' );
// End the element $writer ->endElement();
// End the element $writer ->endElement();
// End the document $writer ->endDocument();
?> |
Output: Press Ctrl+U to see the XML
Example 2:
<?php // Create a new XMLWriter instance $writer = new XMLWriter();
// Create the output stream as PHP // Start the document $writer ->startDocument( '1.0' , 'UTF-8' );
// Enable the indents $writer ->setIndent(true);
// Set the indent string $writer ->setIndentString( '--->' );
// Start a element $writer ->startElement( 'div' );
// Start a element $writer ->startElement( 'div' );
// Start a element $writer ->startElement( 'div' );
// Add value to the element $writer ->text( 'This is a multi-indented text.' );
// End the element $writer ->endElement();
// End the element $writer ->endElement();
// End the element $writer ->endElement();
// End the document $writer ->endDocument();
?> |
Output: