Wrap an element for each set of elements with SimpleXML/DOMDocument - php

Question

I have the code below to create a XML file
<?php
try
{
$dom = new domDocument;
$dom->formatOutput = true;
$root = $dom->appendChild($dom->createElement( "items" ));
$sxe = simplexml_import_dom( $dom );
$sxe->addChild("model", "HTC Desire");
$sxe->addChild("model", "Motorola Atrix");
echo $sxe->asXML();
}
catch( Exception $e )
{
echo $e->getMessage();
}
?>
While execute this code, it will generate the content likes:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<items>
<model>HTC Desire</model>
<model>Motorola Atrix</model>
</items>
But, I would like to wrap an element called item for each model, the result should be:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<items>
<item><model>HTC Desire</model></item>
<item><model>Motorola Atrix</model></item>
</items>
Anyone could suggest how to do this?

Answer 1

The addChild method returns a SimpleXMLElement object representing the child added to the XML node. This allows for method chaining like so:
try
{
$dom = new domDocument;
$dom->formatOutput = true;
$root = $dom->appendChild($dom->createElement( "items" ));
$sxe = simplexml_import_dom($dom);
$sxe->addChild("item")->addChild("model", "HTC Desire");
$sxe->addChild("item")->addChild("model", "Motorola Atrix");
echo $sxe->asXML();
}
catch( Exception $e )
{
echo $e->getMessage();
}