Convert xml to string with jQuery

Question

I'm loading an xml file with jQuery ajax loader, and need to convert it to a string so that I can save it out again using PHP post variables. What is the best way to do this?

<script type='text/javascript'>  jQuery.ajax({     type: "GET",     url: "data.xml",     dataType: "xml",     success: parseXML     });   function parseXML(xml) {      var xml_string = jQuery(xml).text();  // (This doesn't work- returns tagless, unformatted text)      alert(xml_string);  }  </script> 

Answer 1

Here it is:

<script type='text/javascript'>  function xmlToString(xmlData) {       var xmlString;     //IE     if (window.ActiveXObject){         xmlString = xmlData.xml;     }     // code for Mozilla, Firefox, Opera, etc.     else{         xmlString = (new XMLSerializer()).serializeToString(xmlData);     }     return xmlString; }     </script> 

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