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Requirements

Before installing Laravel XML, ensure your environment meets these requirements:
  • PHP 8.0 or higher
  • Laravel 8.47 or higher
  • PHP extensions: ext-dom, ext-simplexml, ext-json
These extensions are typically enabled by default in most PHP installations.

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Install via Composer

Install the package using Composer: 
composer require flowgistics/laravel-xml
The package will be downloaded and added to your composer.json file automatically.

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Service provider registration

Laravel XML supports package auto-discovery, which means the service provider and facade are registered automatically when you install the package. You can immediately start using the XML facade in your application without any additional configuration: 
use XML;

$data = XML::import('data.xml')->get();
If you’ve disabled package auto-discovery in your Laravel application, you’ll need to manually register the service provider in config/app.php:
'providers' => [
    // Other service providers...
    Flowgistics\XML\XMLServiceProvider::class,
],
And the facade:
'aliases' => [
    // Other aliases...
    'XML' => Flowgistics\XML\XMLFacade::class,
],

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Optional dependencies

If you plan to use the view export feature to render Laravel Blade views as XML, ensure you have the illuminate/view package installed. This is included by default in standard Laravel installations: 
{
  "require": {
    "illuminate/view": ">=8.47"
  }
}

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Verify installation

To verify Laravel XML is installed correctly, try importing a simple XML file:
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Create a test XML file

Create a file called test.xml in your project root:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
    <message>Hello from Laravel XML!</message>
</root>
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Import the file in tinker

Open Laravel Tinker and import the file:
php artisan tinker

>>> $xml = \XML::import('test.xml')->get();
>>> $xml->message;
=> "Hello from Laravel XML!"
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Celebrate

If you see the message output, Laravel XML is installed and working correctly!

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Next steps

Now that you have Laravel XML installed, proceed to the quickstart guide to learn the basics:

Quickstart

Learn how to import and export XML with a complete working example

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