xml2assoc.php

gistfile1.php

<?php

// Take XmlReader node and read it into an assoc array
function xml2assoc($xml) {
  $buffer = null;
  while ($xml->read()) {
    switch ($xml->nodeType) {
    case XMLReader::END_ELEMENT:
      return $buffer;
    case XMLReader::ELEMENT:
      if (!is_array($buffer)) {
        $buffer = array();
      }
      $buffer[$xml->name] = $xml->isEmptyElement ? null : xml2assoc($xml);
      if ($xml->hasAttributes) {
        while ($xml->moveToNextAttribute()) {
          $buffer[$xml->name] = $xml->value;
        }
      }
      break;
    case XMLReader::TEXT:
    case XMLReader::CDATA:
      if (!is_string($buffer)) {
        $buffer = "";
      }
      $buffer .= $xml->value;
    }
  }
  return $buffer;
}

Unfortunately, only last item of array is presented in result assoc array.

<images>
  <image>
   http://localhost:5000/images/object-demo-image-1.jpg
  </image>
  <image>
   http://localhost:5000/images/object-demo-image-2.jpg
  </image>
</images>

->>

[images] => Array
        (
            [image] => http://localhost:5000/images/object-demo-image-2.jpg
        )