AN XML STRING
<movies>
<movie>
<title>Fist Full Of Dollars</title>
<actor>Clint Eastwood</actor>
<actor>Marianne Koch</actor>
<actor> Wolfgang Lukschy</actor>
<director>Sergio Leone</director>
<year>1964</year>
</movie>
<movie>
<title>Fist Full Of Dollars</title>
<actor>Clint Eastwood</actor>
<actor>Klaus Kinski</actor>
<director>Sergio Leone</director>
<year>1965</year>
</movie>
<movie>
<title>The Good The Bad and the Ugly</title>
<actor>Clint Eastwood</actor>
<actor>Lee Van Cleef</actor>
<actor>Eli Wallach</actor>
<director>Sergio Leone</director>
<year>1966</year>
</movie>
</movies>
THE CODE
<?php
class simpleXml2Array
{
public $namespaces, $arr;
public function __construct( $xmlstring, $namespaces=null )
{
$xml = new simpleXmlIterator( $xmlstring, null );
$this->namespaces = is_null( $namespaces ) ? null : $xml->getNamespaces( true );
$this->arr = $this->xmlToArray( $xml, $namespaces );
}
/**
*
* @access public
* @param simpleXmlIterator $xmlstring
* @param array $namespaces
* @return array
*
*/
public function xmlToArray( $xml, $namespaces=null )
{
$a = array();
$xml->rewind();
while( $xml->valid() )
{
$key = $xml->key();
if( !isset( $a[$key] ) )
{
$a[$key] = array(); $i=0;
}
else
{
$i = count( $a[$key] );
}
$simple = true;
foreach( $xml->current()->attributes() as $k=>$v )
{
$a[$key][$i][$k]=(string)$v;
$simple = false;
}
if( $this->namespaces )
{
foreach( $this->namespaces as $nid=>$name )
{
foreach( $xml->current()->attributes( $name ) as $k=>$v )
{
$a[$key][$i][$nid.':'.$k] =( string )$v;
$simple = false;
}
}
}
if( $xml->hasChildren() )
{
if( $simple ) $a[$key][$i] = $this->xmlToArray( $xml->current(), $this->namespaces );
else $a[$key][$i]['content'] = $this->xmlToArray( $xml->current(), $this->namespaces);
}
else
{
if($simple)
{
$a[$key][$i] = strval( $xml->current() );
}
else
{
$a[$key][$i]['content'] = strval( $xml->current() );
}
}
$i++;
$xml->next();
}
return $a;
}
} // end of class
USAGE
<?php
$xml = new simpleXml2Array( $xmlstring, null );
print_r( $xml->arr );
RESULT
Array
(
[movie] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[title] => Array
(
[0] => Fist Full Of Dollars
)
[actor] => Array
(
[0] => Clint Eastwood
[1] => Marianne Koch
[2] => Wolfgang Lukschy
)
[director] => Array
(
[0] => Sergio Leone
)
[year] => Array
(
[0] => 1964
)
)
[1] => Array
(
[title] => Array
(
[0] => Fist Full Of Dollars
)
[actor] => Array
(
[0] => Clint Eastwood
[1] => Klaus Kinski
)
[director] => Array
(
[0] => Sergio Leone
)
[year] => Array
(
[0] => 1965
)
)
[2] => Array
(
[title] => Array
(
[0] => The Good The Bad and the Ugly
)
[actor] => Array
(
[0] => Clint Eastwood
[1] => Lee Van Cleef
[2] => Eli Wallach
)
[director] => Array
(
[0] => Sergio Leone
)
[year] => Array
(
[0] => 1966
)
)
)
)
