note 57961 added to function.xml-parse-into-struct

Here's a recursive function that works for me... I prefer this array structure for xml data. Cheers, Kieran <? /* | | _xml2array - another abstraction layer on xml_parse_into_struct | that returns a nice nested array. | | @param: $xml is a string containing a full xml document | | returns: a nested php array that looks like this: | | array | ( | [_name] => the name of the tag | [_attributes] => an array of 'attribute'=>'value' combos | [_value] => the text contents of the node | [_children] => an array of these arrays, one for each child node. | ) | | notes: thanks to 'jeffg at activestate dot com' who inspired | me to essentially re-write his example code from php.net | | me: Kieran Huggins < kieran[at]kieran[dot]ca > | */ function _xml2array($xml){ if(!is_array($xml)){ $raw_xml = $xml; $xml_parser = xml_parser_create(); xml_parser_set_option($xml_parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, 0); xml_parser_set_option($xml_parser, XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE, 1); xml_parse_into_struct($xml_parser, $raw_xml, $xml); xml_parser_free($xml_parser); } $array['_name'] = $xml[0]['tag']; if($xml[0]['attributes']){ $array['_attributes'] = $xml[0]['attributes']; } if($xml[0]['value']){ $array['_value'] = $xml[0]['value']; } switch($xml[0]['type']){ case 'open':// there are children - go deeper while($xml[1]['level'] > $xml[0]['level']){ array_shift($xml); $array['_children'][]=_xml2array($xml); } break; default: array_shift($xml); } return $array; } ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.xml-parse-into-struct.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+57961 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57961&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57961&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57961&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57961&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57961&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57961&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57961&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+57961&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php