in reply to Re^2: copy XML elements from one file to another
in thread copy XML elements from one file to another

I can't see the line $new->addChild($features);

You need to include the format argument 2 in $new->toFile("output_new.xml",2) and print $new->toString(2);

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Re^4: copy XML elements from one file to another
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 26, 2013 at 23:26 UTC

    Thanks for your effort everything seem to be ok now. Just one last thing. The following is my current output.

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LINE Value="some_text"> <status/> <FEATURES/> <File1_data> <ABC id="1"> <Feature> <Number>im from file 1</Number> <Prefix>419</Prefix> <Alt>73924/</Alt> </Feature> </ABC> <ABC id="2"> <Feature> <Number>im from file 1</Number> <Prefix>826</Prefix> <Alt>27800</Alt> </Feature> </ABC> <ABC id="3"> <Feature> <Number>im from file 1</Number> <Prefix>827</Prefix> <Alt>26433</Alt> </Feature> </ABC> </File1_data> </LINE>

    as you can see that </ABC> (copied from Files_1 as a node) is not aligned properly so I just would like to learn how I can create nested elements and close them properly.
    I have seen lots of examples but nothing is nested in the way I need it. I have tried many times but not sure whats going on. Following is what I need to get.

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LINE Value="some text"> <status/> <FEATURES> <File1_data> <ABC id="1"> <Feature> <Number>im from file 1</Number> <Prefix>419</Prefix> <Alt>73924/</Alt> </Feature> </ABC> <ABC id="2"> <Feature> <Number>im from file 1</Number> <Prefix>826</Prefix> <Alt>27800</Alt> </Feature> </ABC> <ABC id="3"> <Feature> <Number>im from file 1</Number> <Prefix>827</Prefix> <Alt>26433</Alt> </Feature> </ABC> </File1_data> </FEATURES> </LINE>

    sorry for asking to much but any idea if I can access the elements Im copying and modify its name?
    for example lets say I would like to add numbers to the Features elements im copying i.e <Feature 1> <Feature 2>....etc.