- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- simplexml_load_string: documentation ( source)
- get_object_vars: documentation ( source)
- utf8_encode: documentation ( source)
<?php
$xmlStr = '<?xml version="1.0"?><toplevel><CompleteSuggestion><suggestion data="ski360"/></CompleteSuggestion><CompleteSuggestion><suggestion data="ski 39"/></CompleteSuggestion><CompleteSuggestion><suggestion data="ski35"/></CompleteSuggestion><CompleteSuggestion><suggestion data="ski 3000"/></CompleteSuggestion><CompleteSuggestion><suggestion data="ski 33"/></CompleteSuggestion><CompleteSuggestion><suggestion data="ski 34"/></CompleteSuggestion></toplevel>';
$xmlObj = simplexml_load_string(utf8_encode($xmlStr));
var_dump(get_object_vars($xmlObj));