# XSLTProcessor::transformToXml

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

XSLTProcessor::transformToXml — Transform to XML

### Description

XSLTProcessor::transformToXml ( object `$doc` ) : string

Transforms the source node to a string applying the stylesheet given by the xsltprocessor::importStylesheet() method.

### Parameters

`doc`

  The DOMDocument or SimpleXMLElement object to be transformed.

### Return Values

The result of the transformation as a string or `FALSE` on error.

### Examples

Example #1 Transforming to a string

`<?php
// Load the XML source
$xml = new DOMDocument;
$xml->load('collection.xml');
$xsl = new DOMDocument;
$xsl->load('collection.xsl');
// Configure the transformer
$proc = new XSLTProcessor;
$proc->importStyleSheet($xsl); // attach the xsl rules
echo $proc->transformToXML($xml);
?>`

The above example will output:

    Hey! Welcome to Nicolas Eliaszewicz's sweet CD collection!

    <h1>Fight for your mind</h1><h2>by Ben Harper - 1995</h2><hr>
    <h1>Electric Ladyland</h1><h2>by Jimi Hendrix - 1997</h2><hr>

### See Also

- XSLTProcessor::transformToDoc() - Transform to a DOMDocument
- XSLTProcessor::transformToUri() - Transform to URI