PHP Script to read XML & Write CSV file

You can use php curl  describes at php.net site at  http://php.net/manual/en/book.curl.php  to get xml file at remote server and  follow instructions for using fputcsv() and  simplexml_load_file() convert xml to csv file which
describes at this link http://twiwoo.com/php/php-xml-to-csv/

Please post a link to the XML file in question.  

XML : CSV may or may not be a 1 : 1 correspondent relationship, so we would need to see the XML document and know exactly what part(s) of it you want rendered into the CSV strings.  Once we know that part, it's only a few lines of code and we can probably give you a tested and working example.

Hi Ray - Here's a small 4-item copy of the actual XML file (attached).
A tested & working PHP example would be awesome !!
The vendor gives me FTP Access, then there's this XML file in a folder on the vendor's remote server.
products-ee.xml

This seems to test out OK.
http://iconoun.com/demo/temp_bleggee.php

<?php // demp/temp_blegee.php
error_reporting(E_ALL);

// SEE: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Languages/Scripting/PHP/Q_28511220.html
// REF: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.simplexml-load-string.php
// REF: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fputcsv.php

// WHERE IS THE TEST DATA?
$url = 'http://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2014/09_w37/871127/products-ee.xml';
$xml = file_get_contents($url);
$obj = SimpleXML_Load_String($xml);

// WHERE IS THE OUTPUT FILE PATH?
$csv = 'storage/bleggee.csv';
$fpw = fopen($csv, 'w');
if (!$fpw) trigger_error("UNABLE TO OPEN $csv", E_USER_ERROR);

// GET AN ARRAY WITH THE NAMES OF THE PROPERTIES OF THE OBJECT
$arr = array_flip( (array)$obj->{'EXPORT-RECORDS'}->PRODUCT[0] );
fputcsv($fpw, $arr);

// USE AN ITERATOR TO ACCESS THE DATA IN THE PROPERTIES OF THE OBJECT
foreach ($obj->{'EXPORT-RECORDS'}->PRODUCT as $dat)
{
    // CONVERT OBJECT TO ARRAY FOR FPUTCSV()
    $dat = (array)$dat;
    fputcsv($fpw, $dat);
}

// ALL DONE
fclose($fpw);

// SHOW A LINK TO THE FILE
echo PHP_EOL
. 'See: '
. '<a target="_blank" href="'
. $csv
. '">'
. $csv
. '</a>'
;

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Great Ray ! I ran your script on my server as well, worked flawlessly! A few questions:
#1 The "real" XML file exists on a Server where I have ftp server name, login, & password (Not http access). I presume that I have to change line 9 to something else?
#2 What is used these days for debugging PHP scripts, other than adding lines to put out messages like "You've arrived at Line 9" and displaying variable contents ?  Like running the script step-by-step with an immediate window?  I use Coda2 to do my PHP code hacking but no idea what debugging tools are decent these days.

Well, those are very different questions but I'll try to help.  You may want to post follow-up questions here at E-E.

1. PHP has FTP support.
http://www.php.net/manual/en/book.ftp.php

2. Komodo and Eclipse are two popular Integrated Development Environments ("IDE").  PHPUnit is one of the popular tools used for testing.
http://komodoide.com/
http://www.eclipse.org/pdt/
https://phpunit.de/

Understanding the problem well enough to write your own test cases may be all you need (sometimes).  Example here:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/PHP/A_7830-A-Quick-Tour-of-Test-Driven-Development.html

Thx Ray, you're absolutely right, I'll post the debug questions separately.
As for the FTP input, I am taking your info & trying to code it up myself.  Best way to learn of course :)
I'll post back here if I get stuck.
- Brian

Absolutely awesome as usual for Ray !
Thank you

Thanks for the points and thanks for using E-E, ~Ray