How to return XML in a Zend Framework application

Question

I\'m having problems returning XML in my ZF application. My code:

class ProjectsController extends Gid_Controller_Action
{
    public function xmlAction ()
          


        

Answer 1

You're missing the ending question mark on the xml tag:

It should be

Additionally, you will probably need to disable your layout so it prints only the xml. Put this line in your xmlAction() method

$this->_helper->layout->disableLayout();

You may want to consider the contextSwitch action helper

Also, you may want to use DomDocument instead of typing out xml directly