xml file layout

[PTM]

I have created an xml file using normal file write (was less code than DOM),
the layout of which is nice and easy to view both in a text editor (eg,
wordpad) and in a browser.

eg:
<xml header blah.....>

<books>

<book>
<title>Contents </title>
<author>Content s</author>
</book>

</books>

When I use DOM to update the file with new items, they ALL end up written to
the file as a continuous line that starts before the closing </bookstag.
So the file ends up looking like this:

<xml header blah.....>

<books>

<book>
<title>Contents </title>
<author>Content s</author>
</book>

<book><title>Co ntents</title><author>C ontents</author></book><book><tit le>Contents</title><author>C ontents</author></book></books>

I have tried a number of things, and am having no luck. I either get it
correctly formatted with only the new entries (loosing all the existing
content), or I get the above result.
Is there anyway to get DOM to correctly format the new items? If so, how do
I do it?

Cheers,

Phil

[Ambush Commander]

Re: xml file layout

Is there anyway to get DOM to correctly format the new items? If so, how do

I do it?

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.dom-domdocument-savexml.php

$document->preserveWhiteS pace = false;
$document->load('xmlfile. xml');
$document->formatOutput = true;