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<?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 = '
<users>
<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>

<user>
    <first_name>abc</first_name>
    <last_name>443</last_name>
    <address>
        <line1>777 Street</line1>
        <line2>Apt. 776</line2>
        <city>vvv</city>
    </address>
</user>
</users>';

$data_array = xml_to_array($xml);
var_dump($data_array);

Output for git.master, git.master_jit, rfc.property-hooks: array(1) { ["user"]=> array(2) { [0]=> array(3) { ["first_name"]=> string(4) "John" ["last_name"]=> string(3) "Doe" ["address"]=> array(3) { ["line1"]=> string(10) "123 Street" ["line2"]=> string(6) "Apt. 9" ["city"]=> string(7) "Chicago" } } [1]=> array(3) { ["first_name"]=> string(3) "abc" ["last_name"]=> string(3) "443" ["address"]=> array(3) { ["line1"]=> string(10) "777 Street" ["line2"]=> string(8) "Apt. 776" ["city"]=> string(3) "vvv" } } } }

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