SOAP XML parser

soap-xml.php

<?php
class SOAP_parser {
    /**
    * Convert an XML (SOAP) document to a multi dimensional array
    * Pass in an XML document (or SimpleXMLElement object) and this recrusively loops through and builds a representative array
    *
    * @param string $xml - XML document - can optionally be a SimpleXMLElement object
    * @return array ARRAY
    */
    function toArray($xml) {
        if (is_string($xml)){
            $xml = str_replace('soap:', "soap-", $xml);
            $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
        }
        $children = $xml->children();
        if (!$children)
            return (string) $xml;
        $arr = array();
        foreach ($children as $key => $node) {
            $node = SOAP_parser::toArray($node);

            // support for 'anon' non-associative arrays
            if ($key == 'anon')
                $key = count($arr);

            // if the node is already set, put it into an array
            if (array_key_exists($key, $arr) && isset($arr[$key])) {
                if (!is_array($arr[$key]) || !array_key_exists(0, $arr[$key]) || ( array_key_exists(0, $arr[$key]) && ($arr[$key][0] == null)))
                    $arr[$key] = array($arr[$key]);
                $arr[$key][] = $node;
            } else {
                $arr[$key] = $node;
            }
        }
        return $arr;
    }
}
?>