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Converting multidimensional SimpleXML to associative array

I have a nested multidimensional XML string that I get into SimpleXML. I want to convert it into an associative array. The examples listed on php.net do not work correctly or they do only for flat xmls.

Solution

  • This works better than the example on SimpleXML manual page, but in its current form it discards the attributes.

    function xml2array($xmlObject, $out = array())
{
    foreach ($xmlObject as $node) {
        if ($node->count() > 0) {
            $out[$node->getName()][] = xml2array($node);
        } else {
            $out[$node->getName()] = (string)$node;
        }
    }
    return $out;
}