note 58683 added to ref.domxml

I tried using the dom_to_simple_array that the user jas posted above, but it didnt work very well. The problems were it didnt handle sibling nodes with the same name, such as: <nodes> <node>something</node> <node>something</node> </nodes> Also, when it built child arrays from child nodes, it always interjected an wrapping array around the child, which isnt necessary. Here is the patched code: function dom_to_array($domnode, &$array) { $parent=$domnode; $domnode = $domnode->firstChild; $myname=$domnode->nodeName; $x=1; while (!is_null($domnode)) { switch ($domnode->nodeType) { case XML_ELEMENT_NODE: { if ( !$domnode->hasChildNodes()) { $array[$domnode->nodeName]=''; } else if ( $domnode->hasChildNodes() && $domnode->firstChild->nodeType==XML_TEXT_NODE) { $array[$domnode->nodeName]=$domnode->firstChild->nodeValue; } else if ( $domnode->hasChildNodes() ) { $array_ptr = & $array[$domnode->nodeName]; dom_to_array($domnode, $array_ptr); break; } } } $domnode = $domnode->nextSibling; if($domnode->nodeName==$myname) { $domnode->nodeName.=($x++); } } } snippet of array produced by this: [admin] => Array ( [menu] => Array ( [title] => Page Manager [view] => list ) [files] => Array ( [filename] => modules/testmodule/testmodule.php [filename1] => modules/testmodule/testmodule.xml [filename2] => media/lang/en-us/templates/testmodule.tpl ) ) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.domxml.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+58683 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58683&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58683&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58683&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58683&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58683&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58683&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58683&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+58683&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php