If you need to create XML files in PHP, you can do it without having to create the tags yourself with strings. This code shows you how to use the new_child functions to create an XML file.

<?
$doc = new_xmldoc('1.0');
$root = $doc->add_root('members');
$member = $root->new_child('member','');

$member->new_child('lastName','John');
$member->new_child('firstName','Adams');
$member->new_child('contribution','3400');

$member = $root->new_child('member','');

$member->new_child('lastName','Debra');
$member->new_child('firstName','Hones');
$member->new_child('contribution','2400');

$member = $root->new_child('member','');

$member->new_child('lastName','Jake');
$member->new_child('firstName','Tudor');
$member->new_child('contribution','1200');

$fp = @fopen('members.xml','w');
if(!$fp) {
    die('Error cannot create XML file');
}
fwrite($fp,$doc->dumpmem());
fclose($fp);
?>

would create the following XML file.

<members>
  <member>
    <lastName>John</lastName>
    <firstName>Adams</firstName>
    <contribution>3400</contribution>
  </member>
  <member>
    <lastName>Debra</lastName>
    <firstName>Hones</firstName>
    <contribution>2400</contribution>
  </member>
  <member>
    <lastName>Jake</lastName>
    <firstName>Tudor</firstName>
    <contribution>1200</contribution>
  </member>
</members>