Convert large XML file to CSV in PHP

Question

I have a 50MB XML file. I want to convert it to a CSV file, but most methods I have found exhaust the server memory. Is there a good way to do this using a stream method such as XMLreader.

Answer

You’d want to use XmlReader to parse the XML, as it works as an event based parser – Eg. it doesn’t load everything into memory, but rather reads as it advances through the input file.

Accepted Answer

You&#8217;d want to use XmlReader to parse the XML, as it works as an event based parser &#8211; Eg. it doesn&#8217;t load everything into memory, but rather reads as it advances through the input file.

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