Insert childelement values as json from xml in database

Question

I want to insert childelement values as json from xml in database.

My xml

<Listings>
   <Listing>
      <ParentElement>
         ParentValue
      </ParentElement>

      <ParentElement>
         <ChildElement>
             ChildValue
         </ChildElement>
         <ChildElement>
             ChildValue
         </ChildElement>
     </ParentElement>
   </Listing>
</Listings>

I can get the values in doing loop by

foreach($xml->xpath('//ChildElement/*') as $child) {
    echo $child;
}

How can I insert the values of child in my database as json?

Answer 1

Most of this time might be spend for database communication. Try using a buffer and save multiple records at once using mass insert statements.

INSERT INTO table_name (field_name, ...) VALUES (value_1_1, ...), (value_2_1, ...), ...

Or convert the XML into a simplified structure ( XML or CSV ) and use the database import.

LOAD XML INFILE '/path/records.xml' INTO TABLE table_name
LOAD DATA INFILE '/path/records.csv' INTO TABLE table_name