This package provides a very simple class to convert XML string to array.
Why should I use this package?
- because you don't like XML
- because other packages generate inconsistent array structure
- because you can't serialize SimpleXML objects (but can serialize arrays)
- because you just want to use arrays
You can install this package via composer.
composer require clearstream/xml-to-arrayuse Clearstream\XmlToArray\XmlToArray;
$xml = <<<'XML'
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response success="true">
<users>
<user id="1" name="Illia" />
<user id="2" name="Trevor" />
</users>
<settings>
<mode value="light" />
<color value="purple" />
</settings>
<article id="1">
Hello World!
</article>
<empty></empty>
<cdata><![CDATA[<sender>John Doe</sender>]]></cdata>
</response>
XML;
$array = XmlToArray::convert($xml);After running this piece of code $array will contain:
[
'response' => [
'@success' => 'true',
'#text' => '',
'users' => [
[
'#text' => '',
'user' => [
[
'@id' => '1',
'@name' => 'Illia',
'#text' => '',
],
[
'@id' => '2',
'@name' => 'Trevor',
'#text' => '',
],
],
],
],
'settings' => [
[
'#text' => '',
'mode' => [
[
'@value' => 'light',
'#text' => '',
],
],
'color' => [
[
'@value' => 'purple',
'#text' => '',
],
],
],
],
'article' => [
[
'@id' => '1',
'#text' => 'Hello World!',
],
],
'empty' => [
['#text' => ''],
],
'cdata' => [
['#text' => '<sender>John Doe</sender>'],
],
],
]If your input contains something that cannot be parsed a \Clearstream\XmlToArray\XmlToArrayException will be thrown.
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