Getting XML file content as string in php

Question

I want to display the content of a xml file as itself. I dont want to parse it, instead just read its content and display it.

I tried

$content = file_get_contents("test.xml") ;

But the $content has xml in it.ie when I var_dump($content) the output is string(899) " " Is it possible to read the the file without parsing. Help me please.

Thanks.

Potential duplicates: How to echo xml file in php; file_get_contents() returns an empty string when authenticating, otherwise fine; php - send and receive xml documents — hakre
– hakre, Commented Jun 21, 2013 at 23:23

hakre · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-21 23:29:22Z

7

This should solve it

$content = htmlentities(file_get_contents("test.xml"));

And this should solve it:

header("Content-Type: text/plain");
$content = file_get_contents("test.xml");
var_dump($content);

It tells the browser you're sending plain text so that the XML is not rendered as HTML tags (which then are unknown and hidden).

edited Jun 21, 2013 at 23:29

hakre

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answered Jun 21, 2013 at 13:04

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