note 75311 added to function.simplexml-element-children

Here's a simple, recursive, function to transform XML data into pseudo E4X syntax ie. root.child.value = foobar <?php error_reporting(E_ALL); $xml = new SimpleXMLElement( '<Patriarch> <name>Bill</name> <wife> <name>Vi</name> </wife> <son> <name>Bill</name> </son> <daughter> <name>Jeri</name> <husband> <name>Mark</name> </husband> <son> <name>Greg</name> </son> <son> <name>Tim</name> </son> <son> <name>Mark</name> </son> <son> <name>Josh</name> <wife> <name>Kristine</name> </wife> <son> <name>Blake</name> </son> <daughter> <name>Liah</name> </daughter> </son> </daughter> </Patriarch>'); RecurseXML($xml); function RecurseXML($xml,$parent="") { $child_count = 0; foreach($xml as $key=>$value) { $child_count++; if(RecurseXML($value,$parent.".".$key) == 0) // no childern, aka "leaf node" { print($parent . "." . (string)$key . " = " . (string)$value . "<BR>\n"); } } return $child_count; } ?> The output.... .name = Bill .wife.name = Vi .son.name = Bill .daughter.name = Jeri .daughter.husband.name = Mark .daughter.son.name = Greg .daughter.son.name = Tim .daughter.son.name = Mark .daughter.son.name = Josh .daughter.son.wife.name = Kristine .daughter.son.son.name = Blake .daughter.son.daughter.name = Liah ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 66.240.57.253 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.simplexml-element-children.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/75311 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75311/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75311/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75311/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75311/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75311/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75311/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75311 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/75311 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php