note 97555 added to book.simplexml

This is very simple way to convert all applicable objects into associative array. This works with not only SimpleXML but any kind of object. The input can be either array or object. This function also takes an options parameter as array of indices to be excluded in the return array. And keep in mind, this returns only the array of non-static and accessible variables of the object since using the function get_object_vars(). <?php function objectsIntoArray($arrObjData, $arrSkipIndices = array()) { $arrData = array(); // if input is object, convert into array if (is_object($arrObjData)) { $arrObjData = get_object_vars($arrObjData); } if (is_array($arrObjData)) { foreach ($arrObjData as $index => $value) { if (is_object($value) || is_array($value)) { $value = objectsIntoArray($value, $arrSkipIndices); // recursive call } if (in_array($index, $arrSkipIndices)) { continue; } $arrData[$index] = $value; } } return $arrData; } ?> Usage: <?php $xmlUrl = "feed.xml"; // XML feed file/URL $xmlStr = file_get_contents($xmlUrl); $xmlObj = simplexml_load_string($xmlStr); $arrXml = objectsIntoArray($xmlObj); print_r($arrXml); ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 122.174.127.87 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/book.simplexml.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/97555 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97555/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97555/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97555/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97555/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97555/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97555/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97555 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/97555 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php