note 105813 added to ref.simplexml

k.antczak, your recusive function is close, but not quite completeas often simplexml nodes will be nested inside normal arrays (e.g., <items><item /><item /></items>). Your script will get the first level, but not any nested deeper. Changing your condition check solves the problem: <?php function xml2array( $xmlObject, $out = array()) { foreach ((array) $xmlObject as $index => $node) $out[$index] = is_scalar($node) ? $node: xml2array($node); return $out; } ?> This renders the sample xml from the SimpleXml Usage page as follows: array(1) { ["movie"]=> array(5) { ["title"]=> string(22) "PHP: Behind the Parser" ["characters"]=> array(1) { ["character"]=> array(2) { [0]=> array(2) { ["name"]=> string(9) "Ms. Coder" ["actor"]=> string(14) "Onlivia Actora" } [1]=> array(2) { ["name"]=> string(9) "Mr. Coder" ["actor"]=> string(9) "El ActÓr" } } } ["plot"]=> string(162) " So, this language. It's like, a programming language. Or is it a scripting language? All is revealed in this thrilling horror spoof of a documentary. " ["great-lines"]=> array(1) { ["line"]=> string(30) "PHP solves all my web problems" } ["rating"]=> array(2) { [0]=> string(1) "7" [1]=> string(1) "5" } } } ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 76.27.100.232 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.simplexml.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/105813 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105813/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105813/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105813/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105813/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105813/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105813/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105813 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/105813 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php