xml2array.php

/**
	* Breaks XML down into a nice array... it flattens namespace prefixes without a schema.
	*
	* @author Nika Jones
	*
	* @copyright 2010 Appcelerator Inc.
	*
	* Licensed under the terms of the Apache Public License
	* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
	*
	*/
function xml2array($xml)
{
	static $n = 0;
	$_r = array();
	$l = 0;
	
	if(is_string($xml)) { $xml = simplexml_load_string($xml); }
	
	foreach($xml->xpath("*") as $child)
	{
		$child_name = implode(":", array_filter(array(dom_import_simplexml($child)->prefix, $child->getName())));
		if(count($child->xpath("*")) > 0)
		{
			$n++;
			$_r[$child_name][] = xml2array($child);
			$n--;
		}
		else
		{
			$_r[$child_name] = count($child->xpath("@*")) > 0 ? array($l=>array("@text"=>(string)$child)) : (string)$child;
		}
		
		foreach($child->xpath("@*") as $attr)
		{
			if($attr->getName() == "") { continue; }
			$attr_name = implode(":", array_filter(array(dom_import_simplexml($attr)->prefix, $attr->getName())));
			$_r[$child_name][$l]['@attributes'][$attr_name] = (string)$attr;
		}
		
		// because we'll have the "@attributes" key.. so we need to add to the $l.. otherwise, no need to increment
		if(count($child->xpath("@*")) > 0)
		{
			$l++;
		}
	}
	
	return $_r;
}