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xml2array() - XML Parser for PHP - Demo

xml2array() is a easy to use PHP function that will convert the given XML text to an array in the XML structure. This is a demo for that function...

Results

See the XML file used.

With Attributes


xml2array($xml_string);

Array
(
    [languages] => Array
        (
            [lang] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Array
                        (
                            [name] => Array
                                (
                                    [0] => PHP
                                    [1] => Python
                                    [0_attr] => Array
                                        (
                                            [know] => true
                                            [application] => web
                                        )

[1_attr] => Array
                                        (
                                            [know] => true
                                        )

[2] => Perl
                                    [2_attr] => Array
                                        (
                                            [know] => true
                                        )

[3] => Ruby
                                    [3_attr] => Array
                                        (
                                            [know] => true
                                        )

[4] => JavaScript
                                    [4_attr] => Array
                                        (
                                            [know] => true
                                            [application] => web
                                        )

)

[1] => Array
                        (
                            [name] => Array
                                (
                                    [0] => C
                                    [1] => C++
                                    [1_attr] => Array
                                        (
                                            [know] => true
                                        )

[2] => Pascal
                                    [3] => Java
                                )

)

[0_attr] => Array
                        (
                            [type] => interpreted
                        )

[2] => Array
                        (
                            [name] => Array
                                (
                                    [0] => HTML
                                    [1] => XML
                                    [0_attr] => Array
                                        (
                                            [know] => true
                                            [application] => web
                                        )

[1_attr] => Array
                                        (
                                            [know] => true
                                        )

)

[3] => Array
                        (
                            [name] => Array
                                (
                                    [0] => CSS
                                    [1] => XSLT
                                    [0_attr] => Array
                                        (
                                            [know] => true
                                            [application] => web
                                        )

)

Without Attributes

Array
(
    [languages] => Array
        (
            [lang] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Array
                        (
                            [name] => Array
                                (
                                    [0] => PHP
                                    [1] => Python
                                    [2] => Perl
                                    [3] => Ruby
                                    [4] => JavaScript
                                )

)

[1] => Array
                        (
                            [name] => Array
                                (
                                    [0] => C
                                    [1] => C++
                                    [2] => Pascal
                                    [3] => Java
                                )

)

[2] => Array
                        (
                            [name] => Array
                                (
                                    [0] => HTML
                                    [1] => XML
                                )

)

[3] => Array
                        (
                            [name] => Array
                                (
                                    [0] => CSS
                                    [1] => XSLT
                                )

)


xml2array($xml_string,0);