SimpleXML to array

xmlToArray.php

<?php

function xmlToArray(SimpleXMLElement $xmlObject) : array
{
    $array = [];
    foreach ((array) $xmlObject as $elementName => $value) {
        if (is_object($value)) {
            if (empty($value)) {
                $array[$elementName] = '';
            } else {
                $array[$elementName] = xmlToArray($value);
            }
        } elseif (is_array($value)) {
            foreach ($value as $arrayValue) {
                $array[$elementName][] = xmlToArray($arrayValue);
            }
        } else {
            $array[$elementName] = $value;
        }
    }

    return $array;
}