generator.php

<?php    

    //for temporarily displaying raw XML on php page
    header('Content-Type: text/xml');
    
 /* create a dom document with encoding utf8 */
    $doc = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8');
    $doc->formatOutput = true;
    
    $plist = $doc->createElement('plist');
    $plist = $doc->appendChild($plist);
    $plist->setAttribute('version','1.0');

    $dict = $doc->createElement('dict');

    $plist->appendChild($dict);

    $dict->appendChild($doc->createElement('key','Major Version'));
    $dict->appendChild($doc->createElement('integer','1'));
    $dict->appendChild($doc->createElement('key','Minor Version'));
    $dict->appendChild($doc->createElement('integer','1'));
    $dict->appendChild($doc->createElement('key','Date'));
    $dict->appendChild($doc->createElement('date','2017-02-17T22:37:56Z'));
    $dict->appendChild($doc->createElement('key','Features'));
    $dict->appendChild($doc->createElement('integer','5'));

    $dict->appendChild($doc->createElement('key','Tracks'));

        $dict2 = $doc->createElement('dict');
        $dict->appendChild($dict2);
        $dict2->appendChild($doc->createElement('key','1'));

        $dict3 = $doc->createElement('dict');
        $dict2->appendChild($dict3);

        $dict3->appendChild($doc->createElement('key','Track ID'));
        $dict3->appendChild($doc->createElement('integer','1'));
        $dict3->appendChild($doc->createElement('key','Name'));
        $dict3->appendChild($doc->createElement('string','King and Cross'));
        $dict3->appendChild($doc->createElement('key','Artist'));
        $dict3->appendChild($doc->createElement('string','Ásgeir'));
        $dict3->appendChild($doc->createElement('key','Album'));
        $dict3->appendChild($doc->createElement('string','In the Silence (Deluxe Edition)'));
        $dict3->appendChild($doc->createElement('key','Track Type'));
        $dict3->appendChild($doc->createElement('string','Remote'));
        $dict3->appendChild($doc->createElement('key','Apple Music'));

    $dict->appendChild($doc->createElement('key','Playlists'));

    $arrayElem = $doc->createElement('array');
    $dict->appendChild($arrayElem);
        
        $dict2 = $doc->createElement('dict');
        $arrayElem->appendChild($dict2);
        $dict2->appendChild($doc->createElement('key','Name'));
        $dict2->appendChild($doc->createElement('string','My Great Playlist'));
        $dict2->appendChild($doc->createElement('key','Description'));
        $dict2->appendChild($doc->createElement('string','Description of this great playlist.'));
        $dict2->appendChild($doc->createElement('key','All Items'));
        $dict2->appendChild($doc->createElement('key','Playlist Items'));
        
            $arrayElem2 = $doc->createElement('array');
            $dict2->appendChild($arrayElem2);
            $arrayElem2->appendChild($dict3);

            $dict3->appendChild($doc->createElement('key','Track ID'));
            $dict3->appendChild($doc->createElement('integer','1'));
            

    /* get the xml saved and printed */
    $doc->save('xml/test2.xml');
    echo $doc->saveXML();
?>