simplexml_to_array.php

<?php

/**
 * @param $object
 * @return array|string
 */
function simplexml_to_array($object) {
    if (! is_object($object)) {
        return $object;
    }

    $attributes = $object->attributes();

    if ($object->count() === 0 && count($attributes) === 0) {
        return (string) $object;
    }

    $return = [];

    if (count($attributes) > 0) {
        if ($object->count() === 0) {
            $return['value'] = (string) $object;
        }

        foreach ($attributes as $k => $v) {
            $return[$k] = (string) $v;
        }
    }

    $children = $object->children();
    $childcount = [];
    $count = count($children);

    for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {
        $v = $children[$i];
        $k = $children[$i]->getName();

        if (array_key_exists($k,$return)) {
            $childcount[$k]++;
            if ($childcount[$k] === 1) {
                $tmp = $return[$k];
                $return[$k] = [];
                $return[$k][] = simplexml_to_array($tmp);
            }
            $return[$k][] = simplexml_to_array($v);
        } else {
            $return[$k] = simplexml_to_array($v);
            $childcount[$k] = 0;
        }
    }

    return $return;
}