The outline Structure of a PList file used by ContactLoader

basic.plist

<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>GroupName</key>  
  <string>Name of Your Group</string>  
  <key>Contacts</key>  
  <array>
  	<dict>
  		<key>FirstName</key>
  		<string>Toby</string>
  		<key>LastName</key>
  		<string>Allen</string>
  		<key>Telephone_Mobile</key>
  		<string>00353214646785</string>
  		<key>Telephone_Home</key>
  		<string>00353214646785</string>
  		<key>Email_Home</key>
  		<string>[email protected]</string>
  		<key>Email_Work</key>
  		<string>[email protected]</string>
  		<key>Company</key>
  		<string></string>
  		<key>JobTitle</key>
  		<string></string>
  		<key>Department</key>
  		<string>Kitchen</string>
  		<key>Street</key>
  		<string>A Street</string>
  		<key>City</key>
  		<string></string>
  		<key>State</key>
  		<string>Cork</string>
  		<key>Zip</key>
  		<string></string>
  		<key>Country</key>
  		<string>Ireland</string>
  		<key>YourRefUniqueID</key>
  		<string>21824</string>
  		<key>Notes</key>
  		<string>Any additional Notes you wish to put in the 
notes field on your contact.  
Perhaps Address details and info 
about them.</string>
  		<key>ImageURL</key>
  		<string>http://www.example.com/path/to/image.jpg</string>
  	</dict>
  	<dict>
  		<key>FirstName</key>
  		<string>Shorter</string>
  		<key>LastName</key>
  		<string>Contact</string>
  		<key>Telephone_Mobile</key>
  		<string></string>
  		<key>Telephone_Home</key>
  		<string></string>
  		<key>Email_Home</key>
  		<string></string>
  		<key>Email_Work</key>
  		<string></string>
  		<key>EventContactsUniqueID</key>
  		<string></string>
  		<key>Notes</key>
  		<string></string>
  		<key>ImageURL</key>
  		<string></string>
  	</dict>  </array>
</dict>
</plist>

generate.plist.php

<?php
/**************************************************************************
Sample php file for ContactLoader Iphone App to create plist file of contacts.
Author:  Toby Allen.
Licence: Public Domains use as you wish.
**************************************************************************/

	//Create Array with all contact information you wish to use.
	//This array can be populated manually as in this example, or 
	//by connecting to your local database.
	$ContactInfo =  array('GroupName' => 'Vegetable Contacts', 'Contacts' => array());
	$ContactInfo['Contacts'][] = array('FirstName' => 'Tom',
				'LastName' => 'Tomato',
				'Telephone_Home' => '003535555555',
				'Telephone_Mobile' => '00353875555555',
				'Email_Home' => '[email protected]',
				'Email_Work' => '',
				'Street' => 'First Row',
				'City' => 'Green House St',
				'State' => 'Green House A',
				'Zip' => 'GG',
				'Country' => 'Tomato Land',
				'YourRefUniqueID' => 'Tomato1',
				'Notes' => 'Tom Tastes nice and Juicy',
				'ImageURL' => 'http://iphone.toflidium.com/contactloader/data/test/tomato.png');

	$ContactInfo['Contacts'][] = array('FirstName' => 'Anna',
				'LastName' => 'Aubergine',
				'Telephone_Home' => '003535555555',
				'Telephone_Mobile' => '00353875555555',
				'Email_Home' => '[email protected]',
				'Email_Work' => '',
				'Street' => 'Second Row',
				'City' => 'Green House St',
				'State' => 'Green House A',
				'Zip' => 'GG',
				'Country' => 'Tomato Land',
				'YourRefUniqueID' => 'Eggplant1',
				'Notes' => 'Anna Aubergine likes to be rubbed all over with Olive Oil!',
				'ImageURL' => 'http://iphone.toflidium.com/contactloader/data/test/eggplant.png');

/*

  This is a useful template for new entries.
 
	$ContactInfo[] = array('FirstName' => '',
				'LastName' => '',
				'Telephone_Home' => '',
				'Telephone_Mobile' => '',
				'Email_Home' => '',
				'Email_Work' => '',
				'Street' => '',
				'City' => '',
				'State' => '',
				'Zip' => '',
				'Country' => '',
				'YourRefUniqueID' => '',
				'Notes' => '',
				'ImageURL' => '');
*/
  	

/*
PList Generation
*/
//Cycle Through Array and print out Values to a XML string
$ContactOutput = '';
foreach($ContactInfo['Contacts'] as $Contact)
{
	$Values = '';
	foreach($Contact as $FieldName => $FieldValue)
	{
	
		$HTMLValue = htmlentities($FieldValue);
		//HTML entities such as &amp; and Unicode chars need to be enclosed in <![CDATA[   ]]> tags for 
		//the iphone to recognise them, so just do it for every value to be sure, althoug only ones that
		//do contain these characters definitely need to .  If this doesnt happen ContactLoader will be 
		//unable to read your file.
		$Values .= "
			<key>$FieldName</key>
  		<string><![CDATA[$HTMLValue]]></string>"; 
		
	}
	//Finish off Contact XML.
	$ContactOutput .= "
	<dict>
	$Values	
	</dict>";


};

//Wrap with necessary XML to complete.
$FullPage = "<plist version=\"1.0\">
<dict>
  <key>GroupName</key>  
  <string>$ContactInfo[GroupName]</string>  
  <key>Contacts</key>  
  <array>
  $ContactOutput
 </array>
</dict>
</plist> ";
echo $FullPage;

?>