Online PHP editor | refs for BHM81

<?php function xml_to_array($xml,$main_heading = '') { $deXml = simplexml_load_string($xml); $deJson = json_encode($deXml); $xml_array = json_decode($deJson,TRUE); if (! empty($main_heading)) { $returned = $xml_array[$main_heading]; return $returned; } else { return $xml_array; } } $xml = '<user> <first_name>John</first_name> <last_name>Doe</last_name> <address> <line1>123 Street</line1> <line2>Apt. 9</line2> <city>Chicago</city> </address> </user>'; $data_array = xml_to_array($xml); var_dump($data_array);