XML writer XML output

Question

I'm working on a PostgreSQL to XML converter. Which should extract the values of different Tables. The relevant code below:

        $xml = new XMLWriter();
        $xml->openMemory();
        $xml->setIndent(true);
        $xml->startDocument();

    $query = new data_DataBaseQuery();
        $xml->startElement();
     .......
        $xml->endElement();

And if I use echo htmlentities($xml->outputMemory()); I get as output what I want. But I'd like to make the exported file donwloadable with a specicic name.

Can you help me at this point?

$xml->openURI('test.xml');
   ...
$xml->flush();

Doesn't work somehow. It leads me only to a empty page with the output.But if this would be the proper method, can someone explain it to me?

Thank you in advance

Answer 1

You can output the content in a file with the openURI() method. And after that you will be able to download it. Use it instead of openMemory().

$xml = new XMLWriter();

$xml->openURI("test.xml");

$xml->setIndent(true);
$xml->startDocument();

$query = new data_DataBaseQuery();
    $xml->startElement();
 .......
    $xml->endElement();

$xml->flush();