Section: Generating XML content
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jResponseXML allows to send an XML response to the client-browser. Its alias is "xml".
To create a jResponseXML object, pass 'xml' as argument to getResponse()
method in your controller's action.
$resp = $this->getResponse('xml');
The XML content can be generated from a template or "by hand". The XML should be correctly formated in any case, or the response will generate an error.
jResponseXml handles generation of the <?xml ?> tag so you don't have to
set it in the content you give. If you really want to, just write:
$resp->sendXMLHeader = false;
The mime type by default is text/xml. You can change it by
calling addHttpHeader():
$rep->addHttpHeader('Content-Type', 'application/xml');
Generation with a template ¶
The $content property contains a jTpl object by default : it's up to
you to set the template selector in property $contentTpl.
$resp->contentTpl = 'myModule~myxml';
$resp->content->assign('foo','bla bla bla');
Without a template ¶
It's possible to set the XML content as a string value in property $content.
$rep->content = '<mydoc> <title>jelix</title> </mydoc>';
Using style-sheets ¶
It's possible to attach CSS or XSLT style-sheets to the generated XML document
using method addCSSStyleSheet() or addXSLStyleSheet().
Both expect the same first mandatory argument : the URL to the style-sheet. Both expect the same second optional argument : an associative array defining the pseudo-attributes for the generated processing instruction.
$rep->addCSSStyleSheet('/my.css', array('title'=>'Excellent!!'));
$rep->addXSLStyleSheet('/my.xsl');
Note: the style sheets can be stored into the www/ of the application, or in a module. See the documentation about HTML views to know how to retrieve the real URL of files.
