ElementTree is a PHP library for handling a tree of components which can be manipulated, searched and represented as a string. It resembles working with XML. However, this library was developed to solve a particular need I couldn't solve with the standard XML solutions in PHP. Therefore it does some things different from what one should and would expect from such a thing:
- Not nearly as feature-rich.
- Does not interfere with entities.
- No single root element necessary.
- Output attribute values between single or double quotes.
- No security checks.
- ...
Documentation can be found in the form of this end-to-end test.
Installation can be done with composer.