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<refentry id="function.xsl-xsltprocessor-transform-to-xml">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>XSLTProcessor->transformToXML()</refname>
  <refpurpose>Transform to XML</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <classsynopsis>
   <ooclass><classname>XSLTProcessor</classname></ooclass>
   <methodsynopsis>
    <type>string</type>
    <methodname>transformToXML</methodname>
    <methodparam><type>DOMDocument</type><parameter>doc</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
  </classsynopsis>
  <para>
   Transforms the source node to a string applying the stylesheet given by
   the <xref linkend="function.xsl-xsltprocessor-import-stylesheet" /> method.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>doc</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The transformed document.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   The result of the transformation as a string or &false; on error.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Transforming to a string</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

// Load the XML source
$xml = new DOMDocument;
$xml->load('collection.xml');

$xsl = new DOMDocument;
$xsl->load('collection.xsl');

// Configure the transformer
$proc = new XSLTProcessor;
$proc->importStyleSheet($xsl); // attach the xsl rules

echo $proc->transformToXML($xml);

?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
Hey! Welcome to Nicolas Eliaszewicz's sweet CD collection!

<h1>Fight for your mind</h1><h2>by Ben Harper - 1995</h2><hr>
<h1>Electric Ladyland</h1><h2>by Jimi Hendrix - 1997</h2><hr>
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><xref linkend="function.xsl-xsltprocessor-transform-to-doc" /></member>
    <member><xref linkend="function.xsl-xsltprocessor-transform-to-uri" /></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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