Title: Function that returns data in an array – Wp All Export –
Last modified: November 29, 2019
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# Function that returns data in an array – Wp All Export –
* Resolved [K15Lmk98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/k15lmk98/)
* (@k15lmk98)
* [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-that-returns-data-in-an-array-wp-all-export/)
* This is an automatic translation
* Good day,
I’m trying to return, with a personal function, an array of data.
But in the xml file they are not decoded and show: Array Array ……
* FUNCTION
* ```
function cr_get_images($id) {
$gallery_list = get_post_meta($id, '_gallery', true );
$array_data = array();
foreach ($gallery_list as $key =>$value) :
$array_data[] = array('image'=>$value, 'alttext'=>$key);
endforeach;
return $array_data;
}
```
* CALL
`[cr_get_images({ID})]`
* I tried to pass serialized data with:
`return serialize($array_data);` but in
the xml file they are not deserialized
* How can I pass an associative array of data like this to a custom XML file, using
the Wp All Export editor?
`$array_data[] = array('image'=>$value, 'alttext'=
>$key);`
* Thanks, Claudio_
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* Plugin Author [WP All Import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpallimport/)
* (@wpallimport)
* [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-that-returns-data-in-an-array-wp-all-export/#post-12190052)
* Hi [@k15lmk98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/k15lmk98/)
* > How can I pass an associative array of data like this to a custom XML file,
> using the Wp All Export editor?
* It depends on how you’re wanting to display the data. Can you show me a manually
created example of the XML output you’re looking for? For example, if the array
contained this:
* ```
$array_data = array(
array(
'image' => 'img1.jpg',
'alttext' => 'text1'
),
array(
'image' => 'img2.jpg',
'alttext' => 'text2'
),
array(
'image' => 'img3.jpg',
'alttext' => 'text3'
),
);
```
* What should the XML output look like?
* Thread Starter [K15Lmk98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/k15lmk98/)
* (@k15lmk98)
* [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-that-returns-data-in-an-array-wp-all-export/#post-12190248)
* Hi,
actually I found the solution by reading the ticket: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-images-as-nested-elements/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-images-as-nested-elements/)
* **However there is a problem**.
If I make the Preview in the editor I see the
correct nodes:
* ```
https://www.dreamvillas.estate/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/11/Historical-Villa-Lake-Como-45.jpg
```
* If instead I export the xml file I find the code injected into a section
https://www.dreamvillas.estate/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/11/Historical-Villa-Lake-Como-45.jpghttps://www.dreamvillas.estate/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/11/Historical-Villa-Lake-Como-44.jpghttps://www.dreamvillas.estate/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/11/Historical-Villa-Lake-Como-43.jpghttps://www.dreamvillas.estate/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/11/Historical-Villa-Lake-Como-42.jpghttps://www.dreamvillas.estate/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/11/Historical-Villa-Lake-Como-41.jpghttps://www.dreamvillas.estate/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/11/Historical-Villa-Lake-Como-40.jpg
]]>
```
* How can I solve it?
* Thanks, Claudio
* Thread Starter [K15Lmk98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/k15lmk98/)
* (@k15lmk98)
* [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-that-returns-data-in-an-array-wp-all-export/#post-12190741)
* Hi,
in fact, even a simple function without data
* ```
[cr_get_images()]
function cr_get_images() {
$output = '**LT**image**GT**' . '**LT**/image**GT**';
return $output;
}
```
* produces a section CDATA in the xml file
* ```
]]>
```
* Grazie, Claudio_
* Thread Starter [K15Lmk98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/k15lmk98/)
* (@k15lmk98)
* [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-that-returns-data-in-an-array-wp-all-export/#post-12195331)
* Hi,
sorry.
* I had not seen the option in Advanced Options “Never wrap data in CDATA tags”.
With this activated your code works well.
* However, this option may generate a Warning: This may result in an invalid XML
file.
* **Question**: there is a way to avoid CDATA tags only in a specific XML node –
in our example the one that generates the node:
`[cr_get_images()]`
* Thanks, Claudio_
* Plugin Author [WP All Import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpallimport/)
* (@wpallimport)
* [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-that-returns-data-in-an-array-wp-all-export/#post-12204871)
* Hi [@k15lmk98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/k15lmk98/)
* > Question: there is a way to avoid CDATA tags only in a specific XML node –
> in our example the one that generates the node
* We currently don’t have that option, but you can _add_ CDATA tags to any nodes
that need them with **CDATABEGIN** and **CDATACLOSE**, e.g.:
* `CDATABEGIN{Content}CDATACLOSE`
- This reply was modified 6 years, 6 months ago by [WP All Import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpallimport/).
* Thread Starter [K15Lmk98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/k15lmk98/)
* (@k15lmk98)
* [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-that-returns-data-in-an-array-wp-all-export/#post-12205582)
* Thanks for the support.
* I am not able to know what data will be in the nodes: they are free input data.
* Are you telling me that I should wrap all the nodes with
CDATABEGIN {node-example}
CDATACLOSE?
* Thanks, Claudio_
* Plugin Author [WP All Import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpallimport/)
* (@wpallimport)
* [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-that-returns-data-in-an-array-wp-all-export/#post-12225224)
* Hi [@k15lmk98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/k15lmk98/)
* > Are you telling me that I should wrap all the nodes with CDATABEGIN {node-example}
> CDATACLOSE?
* You should do that for any node that you suspect will require CDATA tags: [https://stackoverflow.com/a/2784200](https://stackoverflow.com/a/2784200).
* Thread Starter [K15Lmk98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/k15lmk98/)
* (@k15lmk98)
* [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-that-returns-data-in-an-array-wp-all-export/#post-12226221)
* Hi,
I understand, thanks. Claudio_
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