How can I create XML from Perl?

Question

I need to create XML in Perl. From what I read, XML::LibXML is great for parsing and using XML that comes from somewhere else. Does anyone have any suggestions for an XML

Answer 1

If you want to take a data structure in Perl and turn it into XML, XML::Simple will do the job nicely.

At its simplest:

my $hashref = { foo => 'bar', baz => [ 1, 2, 3 ] };
use XML::Simple;
my $xml = XML::Simple::XMLout($hashref);

As its name suggests, its basic usage is simple; however it does offer a lot of features if you need them.

Naturally, it can also parse XML easily.