note 90733 modified in function.xml-parse by danbrown

Function that posted by "lz_speedy at web dot de" is nice, but have some problems with attributes in open tags; this has an easy to use node-getter and example of using it: <?php function my_xml2array($__url) { $xml_values = array(); $contents = file_get_contents($__url); $parser = xml_parser_create(''); if(!$parser) return false; 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 array(); $xml_array = array(); $last_tag_ar =& $xml_array; $parents = array(); $last_counter_in_tag = array(1=>0); foreach ($xml_values as $data) { switch($data['type']) { case 'open': $last_counter_in_tag[$data['level']+1] = 0; $new_tag = array('name' => $data['tag']); if(isset($data['attributes'])) $new_tag['attributes'] = $data['attributes']; if(isset($data['value']) && trim($data['value'])) $new_tag['value'] = trim($data['value']); $last_tag_ar[$last_counter_in_tag[$data['level']]] = $new_tag; $parents[$data['level']] =& $last_tag_ar; $last_tag_ar =& $last_tag_ar[$last_counter_in_tag[$data['level']]++]; break; case 'complete': $new_tag = array('name' => $data['tag']); if(isset($data['attributes'])) $new_tag['attributes'] = $data['attributes']; if(isset($data['value']) && trim($data['value'])) $new_tag['value'] = trim($data['value']); $last_count = count($last_tag_ar)-1; $last_tag_ar[$last_counter_in_tag[$data['level']]++] = $new_tag; break; case 'close': $last_tag_ar =& $parents[$data['level']]; break; default: break; }; } return $xml_array; } // // use this to get node of tree by path with '/' terminator // function get_value_by_path($__xml_tree, $__tag_path) { $tmp_arr =& $__xml_tree; $tag_path = explode('/', $__tag_path); foreach($tag_path as $tag_name) { $res = false; foreach($tmp_arr as $key => $node) { if(is_int($key) && $node['name'] == $tag_name) { $tmp_arr = $node; $res = true; break; } } if(!$res) return false; } return $tmp_arr; } $arr = my_xml2array('test.xml'); print_r(get_value_by_path($arr, 'tag/sub_tag/sub_sub_tag')); ?> --was-- Here is the improved version of my previous function with easy to use node-getter and example of using them: <?php function my_xml2array($__url) { $xml_values = array(); $contents = file_get_contents($__url); $parser = xml_parser_create(''); if(!$parser) return false; 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 array(); $xml_array = array(); $last_tag_ar =& $xml_array; $parents = array(); $last_counter_in_tag = array(1=>0); foreach ($xml_values as $data) { switch($data['type']) { case 'open': $last_counter_in_tag[$data['level']+1] = 0; $new_tag = array('name' => $data['tag']); if(isset($data['attributes'])) $new_tag['attributes'] = $data['attributes']; if(isset($data['value']) && trim($data['value'])) $new_tag['value'] = trim($data['value']); $last_tag_ar[$last_counter_in_tag[$data['level']]] = $new_tag; $parents[$data['level']] =& $last_tag_ar; $last_tag_ar =& $last_tag_ar[$last_counter_in_tag[$data['level']]++]; break; case 'complete': $new_tag = array('name' => $data['tag']); if(isset($data['attributes'])) $new_tag['attributes'] = $data['attributes']; if(isset($data['value']) && trim($data['value'])) $new_tag['value'] = trim($data['value']); $last_count = count($last_tag_ar)-1; $last_tag_ar[$last_counter_in_tag[$data['level']]++] = $new_tag; break; case 'close': $last_tag_ar =& $parents[$data['level']]; break; default: break; }; } return $xml_array; } // // use this to get node of tree by path with '/' terminator // function get_value_by_path($__xml_tree, $__tag_path) { $tmp_arr =& $__xml_tree; $tag_path = explode('/', $__tag_path); foreach($tag_path as $tag_name) { $res = false; foreach($tmp_arr as $key => $node) { if(is_int($key) && $node['name'] == $tag_name) { $tmp_arr = $node; $res = true; break; } } if(!$res) return false; } return $tmp_arr; } $arr = my_xml2array('test.xml'); print_r(get_value_by_path($arr, 'tag/sub_tag/sub_sub_tag')); ?> http://php.net/manual/en/function.xml-parse.php