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Asked: 2026-05-23T21:40:28+00:00

Simple requirement: I want to store a flat unchanged XML strings into a MySQL-DB

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Simple requirement: I want to store a flat unchanged XML strings into a MySQL-DB and then fetch the string itself via php with the tags (i.e. <tag>1234</tag>).

Problem: When I fetch the string, I get the values not the entire XML string.

I store <tag>1243</tag> (done via PHPmyAdmin) then I fetch (see code below) and echo the result I get 1234 not <tag>1234</tag>.

$query = "SELECT * FROM  " . $my_table_with_flat_xml_string;
$result = mysql_query($query);
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
  $xml_flat_file_with_the_tags_please = $row[0];
  echo " ( " . $tags. ")";
}

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  1. Editorial Team

    Every node has a “name” (e.g. “tag”) and a value (e.g. “1234”, or perhaps “empty”).

    You’ve got the value.

    You simply want to store the name, too. Twice.

    By creating the string “<” . $name . “>” . $value . “”

    There are several different ways to get $name and $value – it all depends on exactly how you’re parsing your XML file.

    Here’s an excellent tutorial that gives you details on using XML from PHP:

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