Convert XML to an array in PHP

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Class> <Student> <Name>Ashish</title> <Sex>Male</Sex> <Age>12</Age> <City>Ghaziabad</City> </Student> <Student> <Name>Anuj</title> <Sex>Male</Sex> <Age>15</Age> <City>Noida</City> </Student> </Class>

<?php /** * xmlParser * * @author shashank Patel */ class xmlParser { public $ssBlankShow = true; /** * @todo convert xml to array * @param string $contents * @param string $get_attributes * @param string $priority * @access public * @return mixed */ public function xml2array($contents, $get_attributes=1, $priority = 'tag') { if(!$contents) return array(); if(!function_exists('xml_parser_create')) { return array(); } $parser = xml_parser_create(''); xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_TARGET_ENCODING, "UTF-8"); xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, 0); xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE, 1); xml_parse_into_struct($parser, trim($contents), $xml_values); xml_parser_free($parser); if(!$xml_values) return; $xml_array = array(); $parents = array(); $opened_tags = array(); $arr = array(); $current = &$xml_array; $repeated_tag_index = array(); foreach($xml_values as $data) { unset($attributes,$value); extract($data); $result = array(); $attributes_data = array(); if(isset($value)) { if($priority == 'tag') $result = $value; else $result['value'] = $value; } if(isset($attributes) and $get_attributes) { foreach($attributes as $attr => $val) { if($priority == 'tag') $attributes_data[$attr] = $val; else $result['attr'][$attr] = $val; } } if($type == "open") { $parent[$level-1] = &$current; if(!is_array($current) or (!in_array($tag, array_keys($current)))) { $current[$tag] = $result; if($attributes_data) $current[$tag. '_attr'] = $attributes_data; $repeated_tag_index[$tag.'_'.$level] = 1; $current = &$current[$tag]; } else { if(isset($current[$tag][0])) { $current[$tag][$repeated_tag_index[$tag.'_'.$level]] = $result; $repeated_tag_index[$tag.'_'.$level]++; } else { $current[$tag] = array($current[$tag],$result); $repeated_tag_index[$tag.'_'.$level] = 2; if(isset($current[$tag.'_attr'])) { $current[$tag]['0_attr'] = $current[$tag.'_attr']; unset($current[$tag.'_attr']); } } $last_item_index = $repeated_tag_index[$tag.'_'.$level]-1; $current = &$current[$tag][$last_item_index]; } } elseif($type == "complete") { if(!isset($current[$tag])) { $current[$tag] = $result; $repeated_tag_index[$tag.'_'.$level] = 1; if($priority == 'tag' and $attributes_data) $current[$tag. '_attr'] = $attributes_data; } else { if(isset($current[$tag][0]) and is_array($current[$tag])) { $current[$tag][$repeated_tag_index[$tag.'_'.$level]] = $result; if($priority == 'tag' and $get_attributes and $attributes_data) { $current[$tag][$repeated_tag_index[$tag.'_'.$level] . '_attr'] = $attributes_data; } $repeated_tag_index[$tag.'_'.$level]++; } else { $current[$tag] = array($current[$tag],$result); $repeated_tag_index[$tag.'_'.$level] = 1; if($priority == 'tag' and $get_attributes) { if(isset($current[$tag.'_attr'])) { $current[$tag]['0_attr'] = $current[$tag.'_attr']; unset($current[$tag.'_attr']); } if($attributes_data) { $current[$tag][$repeated_tag_index[$tag.'_'.$level] . '_attr'] = $attributes_data; } } $repeated_tag_index[$tag.'_'.$level]++; } } } elseif($type == 'close') { $current = &$parent[$level-1]; } } return($xml_array); } /** * @todo convert array to xml * @param mixed $array * @param string $level * @param string $KeyForBlank * @access public * @return mixed */ public function array_to_xml($array, $level=1, $KeyForBlank = 'row') { $xml = ''; if ($level==1) { $xml .= '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>'. "<musicbox><response>"; } else if($level==11) { $xml .= '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>'."\n". "<xml>"; } foreach ($array as $key=>$value) { $key = strtolower($key); $eleKey = $key; if (is_array($value)) { if(sizeof($value)) { if ( preg_match('/^\d+$/', $eleKey) ) $eleKey = $KeyForBlank; $xml .= str_repeat("",$level)."<$eleKey>"; $level++; $xml .= $this->array_to_xml($value, $level, $KeyForBlank); $level--; $xml .= str_repeat("",$level)."</$eleKey>"; } else { if($eleKey == 'genre' || $this->ssBlankShow == true) $xml .= str_repeat("",$level)."<$eleKey></$eleKey>"; else $xml .= str_repeat("",$level)."<$eleKey />"; } } else { if (trim($value)!='') { if ( preg_match('/^\d+$/', $eleKey) ) $eleKey = $KeyForBlank; if (htmlspecialchars($value)!=$value || $this->otherchar($value)) { $xml .= str_repeat("",$level). "<$eleKey>$value</$eleKey>"; } else { $xml .= str_repeat("",$level). "<$eleKey>$value</$eleKey>"; } } else { if($eleKey == 'genre' || $this->ssBlankShow == true) $xml .= str_repeat("",$level)."<$eleKey></$eleKey>"; else $xml .= str_repeat("",$level)."<$eleKey />"; } } } if ($level==1) { $xml .= "</response></musicbox>"; } else if($level==11) { $xml .= "</xml>"; } return $xml; } /** * @todo remove other char ('/\:/') * @param string $str * @access public * @return mixed */ public function otherchar($str) { return preg_match('/\:/', $str); } }

<?php $xmlString = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Class><Student><Name>Ashish</title><Sex>Male</Sex><Age>12</Age<City>Ghaziabad</City></Student><Student><Name>Anuj</title><Sex>Male</Sex><Age>15</Age><City>Noida</City></Student></Class>'; include 'xml2ArrayParser.class.php'; $xml2ArrayParser = new xmlParser(); //Here is three different kind array you got by changing parameters like below use whatever satisfy your demand. $resultArray = $xml2ArrayParser->xml2array($xmlString); $resultArray1 = $xml2ArrayParser->xml2array($xmlString,''); $resultArray2 = $xml2ArrayParser->xml2array($xmlString,1,''); echo "<pre>"; print_r($resultArray2); ?>