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XML to Array
Written By Michael on Apr.02.2008
Abstract
The function takes the specified XML data (which must be in valid XML format) and converts into an array. Any attributes in the XML elements are dropped an only the element values are placed in the array. If multiple elements with the same name appear in the same level in the XML, then a subarray is automatically created so that the first occurance falls in <element_name><0> and the second occurance in <element_name><1>.
Source Code
<?php
/**
* The function turns the supplied XML data into an array in the format specified
* below. This function drops any attributes specified.
*
* Example source XML:
* <xmlData>
* <author>
* <name>John Doe</name>
* <magazine>Time</magazine>
* <magazine>National Geographic</magazine>
* </author>
* </xmlData>
*
* Example result array with:
* [xmlData][author][name] => John Doe
* [xmlData][author][magazine][0] => Time
* [xmlData][author][magazine][1] => National Geographic
*
*
* @author Michael ( http://www.msbware.com )
* @param string $xpath The root node we're starting with in the XML. This should be a valid
* absolute path XPATH string. It can be left empty if you want to start
* at the root node.
* @param string $xml_data The XML string we're going to parse
* @param DOMNode $context_node This isn't required, but can be specified if you want to use a relative $xpath
* @return Multi-dimensional array of elements from the XML file
*/
function xml2Array($xpath = "/*", $xml_data = "", $context_node = NULL)
{
static $xml;
static $xp;
// Add /* to the end of $xpath if it's not there
if (!ereg("/\*$", $xpath))
$xpath = ereg_replace("/*$", "", $xpath) . "/*";
// Create out temporary array that we'll use to build the final array piece by piece
$tmp_array = array();
// If this is our first time in this function, initialize the DOM objects
if ($xml_data)
{
$xml = new DOMDocument;
$xml->loadXML($xml_data);
$xp = new DOMXPath($xml);
}
// Get the appropriate nodes for the current path
$nodelist = ($context_node) ? $xp->query($xpath, $context_node) : $xp->query($xpath);
// This variable is used to keep track of how many times a node with the same name
// has appeared. It puts the appropriate count after each one. ie: [<nodeName>][<count>]
$counter = array();
// Loop through the current list of nodes
// If there is more than one child node in the current node with the same name,
// create a sub array for them and add a counter.
// E.g. [<element>] = <value> would become [<element>][0] = <value1> and [<element>][1] = <value2>
foreach ($nodelist AS $node)
{
$counter[$node->nodeName] = (isset($counter[$node->nodeName])) ? $counter[$node->nodeName] + 1 : 0;
if ($xp->evaluate('count(./*)', $node) > 0)
{
if ($xp->evaluate('count('.$node->nodeName.')', $node->parentNode) > 1)
$tmp_array[$node->nodeName][$counter[$node->nodeName]] = xml2Array($node->nodeName."[".($counter[$node->nodeName]+1)."]", "", $node->parentNode);
else
$tmp_array[$node->nodeName] = xml2Array($node->nodeName, "", $node->parentNode);
}
else
{
if ($xp->evaluate('count('.$node->nodeName.')', $node->parentNode) > 1)
$tmp_array[$node->nodeName][$counter[$node->nodeName]] = $node->nodeValue;
else
$tmp_array[$node->nodeName] = $node->nodeValue;
}
}
return $tmp_array;
}
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