How to write CDATA using SimpleXmlElement?

Question

I have this code to create and update xml file:

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Answer 1

Here is my combined solution with adding child with CDATA or adding CDATA to the node.

class SimpleXMLElementExtended extends SimpleXMLElement
{
    /**
    * Add value as CData to a given XML node
    *
    * @param SimpleXMLElement $node SimpleXMLElement object representing the child XML node
    * @param string $value A text to add as CData
    * @return void
    */
    private function addCDataToNode(SimpleXMLElement $node, $value = '')
    {
        if ($domElement = dom_import_simplexml($node))
        {
            $domOwner = $domElement->ownerDocument;
            $domElement->appendChild($domOwner->createCDATASection("{$value}"));
        }
    }

    /**
    * Add child node with value as CData
    *
    * @param string $name The child XML node name to add
    * @param string $value A text to add as CData
    * @return SimpleXMLElement
    */
    public function addChildWithCData($name = '', $value = '')
    {
        $newChild = parent::addChild($name);
        if ($value) $this->addCDataToNode($newChild, "{$value}");
        return $newChild;
    }

    /**
    * Add value as CData to the current XML node 
    *
    * @param string $value A text to add as CData
    * @return void
    */
    public function addCData($value = '')
    {
        $this->addCDataToNode($this, "{$value}");
    }
}

// Usage example:

$xml_doc = '

';

$xml = new SimpleXMLElementExtended($xml_doc);

$offer = $xml->addChild('o');
$offer->addAttribute('id', $product->product_id);
$offer->addAttribute('url', 'some url');

$cat = $offer->addChildWithCData('cat', 'Category description as CDATA');

// or

$cat = $offer->addChild('cat');
$cat->addCData('Category description as CDATA');