(ok 3.5) XML plugin for database export

edited file libraries/export/xml.php

Thanks for submitting the patch. It enables the structure schema for tables, views, routines, functions, ... but it also introduces some bugs, that recently have been solved for the SQL export option :

* bug #1762306, #1672099 : export view of view (when the view referenced by another view is not defined first, the import throws an error)
* bug #3062455 : functions/routines should be exported before tables/views (because an error might occur when importing a view that uses a routine/function, before it is defined)

So I think that the mentioned known bugs (which apply to exporting/importing xml as well) should be solved before enabling the 'export structure schema' option.

i looked at these bugs...but these are already solved in repository earlier and the option for exporting the structure schema was present at that time ( atleast present in 3.3.8 ) .... do these bugs exist for 3.3.8 release? if not, then they should not appear now as well ... since i have just added option for schema export and it was present in case of stable previous stable release.

Yes, the mentioned bugs are solved (for SQL export). What I meant to say, is that the similar bugs are also present for XML export, and that these should be solved before adding the schema export option, at least in a stable release.
It's true that schema export was enabled for SQL export, before those bugs were solved, but they were not known at that moment, and now they are, so I guess it makes sense to solve them before enabling the functionality of exporting the schema structure.
I will create two bugs for it.

Your patch was merged in the repository, thanks.

currently in branch xml_export

functions/routines are exported first

Ptach for bugs ID : 3136658 & 3136655 & 3076692

Patch added to rectify whole XML export

xml-export.diff (functions/routines should be exported first) is added to branch xml_export.

Remarks :
* removed whitespace before committing, please make sure no unnecessary whitespace is in the beginning of lines when sending a patch.
* enabling the 'schema structure' option was done in a previous patch, removed this part of the fix.

export-xml-3-bugs-patch.diff (Ptach for bugs ID : 3136658 & 3136655 & 3076692), could you resolve these issues and submit the patch again?

* remove unnecessary whitespace
* only submit one fix per patch :
** fixing typo in sql.php should go in a different patch/commit
** checkout branch xml_export and make your diff from that point (previous fixes should not accumulate in every new patch file)

BTW: instructions on how to checkout a different branch than master are here : http://wiki.phpmyadmin.net/pma/Devel:Git#Working_with_branches