<?php $xml = <<<XML <cats> <cat> <name>Jack</name> <age>2</age> <color>grey</color> <color>white</color> </cat> <cat> <name>Maxwell</name> <age>12</age> <color>orange</color> <color>black</color> </cat> </cats> XML; function xml2array($fname){ $sxi = new SimpleXmlIterator($fname, null, true); return sxiToArray($sxi); } function sxiToArray($sxi){ $a = array(); for( $sxi->rewind(); $sxi->valid(); $sxi->next() ) { if(!array_key_exists($sxi->key(), $a)){ $a[$sxi->key()] = array(); } if($sxi->hasChildren()){ $a[$sxi->key()][] = sxiToArray($sxi->current()); } else{ $a[$sxi->key()][] = strval($sxi->current()); } } return $a; } // Read cats.xml and print the results: $catArray = xml2array($xml); print_r($catArray); ?>
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