Generate xml file from Laravel template - php

Question

I have a Laravel template and I want to generate an XML file depending on it.
For example, the structure has a name, XPath and type. So the XML should look like this:
<name>
</name>
<type>
</type>
<xpath>
</xpath>
Of course I am looking for something more complex that can deal with relationships.
Is there any tool for that?
I am using MySQL, so maybe there is a tool for that, too? Or maybe a PHP script?
I already tried to search and all I have found is a tool to generate HTML forms from XSD and general XML from XSD.
Update
The tables and their columns are:
xml_document table with columns: id
general_information table with columns: id, xml_document_id, domain, start_url and `category
master_information table with columns: id, xml_document_id, container, and next_page
master_attribute table with columns: id, master_information_id, name, xpath, and type
details_attribute table with columns: id, xml_document_id, and type
As you may notice, the relationships between:
xml_document and master_information is one to one.
xml_document and general_information is one to one.
xml_document and details_attribute is one to many.
master_information and master_attribute is one to many

Answer 1

As per the Laravel Documentation, Collections and their relationships can be output to arrays:
$roles = User::find(1)->roles->toArray();
for example, I have two models, User and Phone, and a user hasMany() phones.
users phones
+----+--------+ +----+-----------+---------+
| id | name | | id | number | user_id |
+----+--------+ +----+-----------+---------+
| 1 | user 1 | | 1 | 111111111 | 1 |
| 2 | user 2 | | 2 | 222222222 | 2 |
+----+--------+ | 3 | 333333333 | 1 |
+----+-----------+---------+
we can return an array of this using the toArray() method, and with() to pull out all the related Phones:
$users = User::with('phones')->get()->toArray();
giving this (I have hidden some of the fields on the model for the purposes of this answer):
Array (
[0] => Array (
[id] => 1
[name] => user 1
[phones] => Array (
[0] => Array (
[id] => 1
[number] => 111111111
[user_id] => 1
)
[1] => Array (
[id] => 3
[number] => 333333333
[user_id] => 1
)
)
)
[1] => Array (
[id] => 2
[name] => user 2
[phones] => Array (
[0] => Array (
[id] => 2
[number] => 222222222
[user_id] => 2
)
)
)
)
Then you can use any of the various methods for turning arrays into XML. Here's one I've lifted from another answer on SO
function array_to_xml(array $arr, SimpleXMLElement $xml)
{
foreach ($arr as $k => $v) {
is_array($v)
? array_to_xml($v, $xml->addChild($k))
: $xml->addChild($k, $v);
}
return $xml;
}
Example output:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root><0><id>1</id><name>user 1</name><phones><0><id>1</id><number>111111111</number><user_id>1</user_id></0><1><id>3</id><number>333333333</number><user_id>1</user_id></1></phones></0><1><id>2</id><name>user 2</name><phones><0><id>2</id><number>222222222</number><user_id>2</user_id></0></phones></1></root>