Dumping Database Contents into an XML File
Although it doesn't require the PHP XML functions, dumping data from a database into an XML file using PHP is a great way to get some structured XML that you can use in other XML-enabled applications.
The nature of database data lends itself nicely to use in XML applications. You have already created a database structure for the data by specifying the table structures. Using PHP, you can easily extract those tables into an XML file, which can be stored in a text file or displayed in a browser window.
This next script extracts the contents of a database table containing address book entries and displays that information in the browser. If you have a browser such as Internet Explorer, then you can view ...
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