How to convert xml into array in php?
easy!
$xml = simplexml_load_string($xmlstring, "SimpleXMLElement", LIBXML_NOCDATA);
$json = json_encode($xml);
$array = json_decode($json,TRUE);
Another option is the SimpleXML extension (I believe it comes standard with most php installs.)
http://php.net/manual/en/book.simplexml.php
The syntax looks something like this for your example
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlString);
echo $xml->bbb->cccc->dddd['Id'];
echo $xml->bbb->cccc->eeee['name'];
// or...........
foreach ($xml->bbb->cccc as $element) {
foreach($element as $key => $val) {
echo "{$key}: {$val}";
}
}
Converting an XML string ($buffer
) into a simplified array ignoring attributes and grouping child-elements with the same names:
function XML2Array(SimpleXMLElement $parent)
{
$array = array();
foreach ($parent as $name => $element) {
($node = & $array[$name])
&& (1 === count($node) ? $node = array($node) : 1)
&& $node = & $node[];
$node = $element->count() ? XML2Array($element) : trim($element);
}
return $array;
}
$xml = simplexml_load_string($buffer);
$array = XML2Array($xml);
$array = array($xml->getName() => $array);
Result:
Array
(
[aaaa] => Array
(
[bbb] => Array
(
[cccc] => Array
(
[dddd] =>
[eeee] =>
)
)
)
)
If you also want to have the attributes, they are available via JSON encoding/decoding of SimpleXMLElement. This is often the most easy quick'n'dirty solution:
$xml = simplexml_load_string($buffer);
$array = json_decode(json_encode((array) $xml), true);
$array = array($xml->getName() => $array);
Result:
Array
(
[aaaa] => Array
(
[@attributes] => Array
(
[Version] => 1.0
)
[bbb] => Array
(
[cccc] => Array
(
[dddd] => Array
(
[@attributes] => Array
(
[Id] => id:pass
)
)
[eeee] => Array
(
[@attributes] => Array
(
[name] => hearaman
[age] => 24
)
)
)
)
)
)
Take note that all these methods only work in the namespace of the XML document.