hey guys, iam using the libaray ArrayToXml. i want to be able to tell the converter IF THE ARRAY ELEMENT IS EMPTY DON'T CONVERT IT TO XML.
Example:
The 'password' is empty in this array
{
"firstName": "Chuck",
"lastName": "Norris",
"age": 75,
"bio": "Roundhouse kicking asses since 1940",
"password": ""
}
and it convert to this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
<firstName>Chuck</firstName>
<lastName>Norris</lastName>
<age>75</age>
<bio>Roundhouse kicking asses since 1940</bio>
<password></password>
</root>
what i want is this. so the 'password element gone'
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
<firstName>Chuck</firstName>
<lastName>Norris</lastName>
<age>75</age>
<bio>Roundhouse kicking asses since 1940</bio>
</root>
so i use the ArrayToXML package.
i can't figure it out. here is my convert function
public function show(Configuration $configuration)
{
$result = ArrayToXml::convert($configuration->data, 'root', true, 'UTF-8');
return response($result)->header('Content-Type', 'text/xml');
}
Maybe i have to do something in the ArrayToXml.php file. from: https://github.com/spatie/array-to-xml
You need to filter that array before you pass ti to the convert method.
public function show(Configuration $configuration)
{
$result = ArrayToXml::convert(collect($configuration->data)->filter()->toArray(), 'root', true, 'UTF-8');
return response($result)->header('Content-Type', 'text/xml');
}
Thankyou!!! you are awsome
But it doesn't works with array attrubutes and hidden empty data ;{ any tips
Here is the array
{
"data": {
"_attributes": {
"phone": "",
"username": "",
"password": ""
}
},
"fruits": {
"fruit": []
}
}
Here is the Xml output.
<root>
<data phone="" password="" username=""/>
<fruits>
<fruit/>
</fruits>
Any tips? Thanks!
For the second level
$data = collect($configuration->data)->map(function ($value) {
if (is_array($value)) {
return collect($value)->filter()->toArray();
}
return $value;
})->filter()->toArray();
oh waaw, haha could you explain what this does please? How do i integrate this with my $result.
I won't explain to you those methods, because everything you can find in the documentation
https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/collections
public function show(Configuration $configuration)
{
$data = collect($configuration->data)->map(function ($value) {
if (is_array($value)) {
return collect($value)->filter()->toArray();
}
return $value;
})->filter()->toArray();
$result = ArrayToXml::convert($data, 'root', true, 'UTF-8');
return response($result)->header('Content-Type', 'text/xml');
}
Ok Thankyou for helping me!!
You can unset empty values from the array before you convert to XML.
You could use the array_filter function for that.
Thanks i will also try this!
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