Generate XML in Laravel – Simple Way

Hello viewers, in this article I will show you how to generate XML file in Laravel in a simple way.

So let’s get started!

Step 1: Create a new controller as your need. Let’s say My controller name is “XmlController”.

For this you can run the below command.

php artisan make:controller XMLController

In the controller, create a function named e.g.  “index”, fetch your desired data and pass to the view with headers for xml and download the xml. You can provide the XML file name in  “’Content-Disposition’ => ‘attachment; filename=’.$category->name.’.xml’,”

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use DB;
use App\Category;

class XmlController extends Controller
{
    public function index() {
        $category = Category::first();
        return response()->view('xml.categories', [
            'category' => $category
        ])
                ->withHeaders([
                    'Content-Type' => 'text/xml',
                    'Content-Description' => 'File Transfer',
                    'Content-Disposition' => 'attachment; filename='.$category->name.'.xml',
                    'Content-Transfer-Encoding' => 'binary',
                ]);
    }
}

Step 2: Create a view with provided XML file data (e.g: xml.blade.php)

Create a view with provided XML file data (e.g: xml.blade.php)

<?php echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>'; ?>
<Root>
<Record>
<ID>{{ $category->id}}</ID>
<TITLE>{{ $category->title}}</TITLE>
<NAME>{{ $category->name}}</NAME>
<CREATED>{{ $category->created_at}}</CREATED>
……………………………OTHER DATA AS PER YOUR NEED……………………………………………

</Record>
</Root>

Step 3:  Register in route file

Define the route as per your requirement. I have defined the below way.

Route::get('genxml', 'XmlController@index')->name('genxml');

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