Online PHP editor | output for eCV8E

<?php // From: https://www.kerstner.at/en/2011/12/php-array-to-xml-conversion/ function arrayToXml($array, $rootElement = null, $xml = null) { $_xml = $xml; if ($_xml === null) { $_xml = new SimpleXMLElement($rootElement !== null ? $rootElement : '<root/>'); } foreach ($array as $k => $v) { if (is_array($v)) { //nested array arrayToXml($v, $k, $_xml->addChild($k)); } else { $_xml->addChild($k, $v); } } return $_xml; } $requestResult = <<<EOT { "name": "Benjamin Clementine", "mbid_id": "578e5d1c-be21-4158-b147-30aad67f207d", "albums": { "68e65535-f133-408d-93dd-205e9555eaa5": { "albumcover": [ { "id": "172070", "url": "http://assets.fanart.tv/fanart/music/578e5d1c-be21-4158-b147-30aad67f207d/albumcover/at-least-for-now-55b74dfa59411.jpg", "likes": "0" } ] } } } EOT; $decodedResult = json_decode($requestResult, true); $xmlElement = arrayToXml($decodedResult); echo (string) $xmlElement->xpath('/root/albums/*/albumcover/*/url[1]');