note 75313 added to function.simplexml-element-children

Here's a slightly modified function that transforms xml data into an associative array with the indices's into the array have the following syntax, parent.child etc. So for <meal> <type>Lunch</type> <time>12:30</time> <menu> <entree>salad</entree> <maincourse>steak</maincourse> </menu> </meal> The array would look like this... array(4) { ["type"]=> string(5) "Lunch" ["time"]=> string(5) "12:30" ["menu.entree"]=> string(5) "salad" ["menu.maincourse"]=> string(5) "steak" } Here's an example <?php $xml = new SimpleXMLElement( '<meal> <type>Lunch</type> <time>12:30</time> <menu> <entree>salad</entree> <maincourse>steak</maincourse> </menu> </meal>'); $vals = array(); RecurseXML($xml,$vals); foreach($vals as $key=>$value) print("{$key} = {$value}<BR>\n"); function RecurseXML($xml,&$vals,$parent="") { $child_count = 0; foreach($xml as $key=>$value) { $child_count++; $k = ($parent == "") ? (string)$key : $parent . "." . (string)$key; if(RecurseXML($value,$vals,$k) == 0) // no childern, aka "leaf node" $vals[$k] = (string)$value; } return $child_count; } The output: type = Lunch time = 12:30 menu.entree = salad menu.maincourse = steak ?> ---- 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/75313 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75313/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75313/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75313/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75313/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75313/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75313/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75313 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/75313 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php