XML2Array<\/strong> is a class to convert XML to an array in PHP. It returns an array which can be converted back to XML using the Array2XML<\/a> class.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It can take a string XML as input or an object of type The usage is pretty simple. You have to include the class file in your code and call the following function.<\/p>\n Php\u4ee3\u7801:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Important thing to note is that the <\/p>\n The Following XML:<\/p>\n Xml\u4ee3\u7801<\/p>\n <\/p>\n will generate the following output:<\/p>\n Php\u4ee3\u7801:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The code is released under Apache License 2.0<\/p>\n Plain text PHP source<\/a> | Formatted PHP source<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u6765\u6e90\uff1a http:\/\/www.lalit.org\/lab\/convert-xml-to-array-in-php-xml2array\/<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u6e90\u7801\uff1a<\/p>\n Php\u4ee3\u7801:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Array2XML<\/strong> is a class to convert an array in PHP to XML. It allows you to parse a multidimensional array into XML including attributes unlike other scripts available on the internet. It returns the XML in form of DOMDocument<\/a> object for further manipulation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This library is very helpful when you know the scheme before hand and you have to generate an XML for it using dynamic values from the database.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The resulting XML can be converted back to an Array using the XML2Array<\/a> class.<\/p>\n The usage is pretty simple. You have to include the class file in your code and call the following function.<\/p>\n Php\u4ee3\u7801<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Important thing to note is that the <\/p>\n Optionally you can also set the version of XML and encoding by calling the Php\u4ee3\u7801:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It throws exception if the tag name or attribute name has illegal chars as per W3C spec<\/a> .<\/p>\n The array passed to the <\/p>\n 1. Empty Nodes:<\/strong> Following will create an empty node.<\/p>\n Php\u4ee3\u7801:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2. Attributes:<\/strong> Attributes can be added to any node by having a Php\u4ee3\u7801:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3. Node Value:<\/strong> For nodes without attributes, value can be assigned directly, else we need to have a Php\u4ee3\u7801:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4. Complex XML:<\/strong> Following example clarifies most of the usage of the library<\/p>\n Php\u4ee3\u7801:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You can see a much more detailed example here<\/a> .<\/p>\n The code is released under Apache License 2.0<\/p>\n Plaint text PHP source<\/a> | Formatted PHP source<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\nDOMDocument<\/code> .<\/p>\nConventions<\/h3>\n
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['tag_name']['@attributes']<\/code><\/li>\n['tag_name']['@cdata']<\/code><\/li>\n['tag_name']['@value']<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nUsage<\/h3>\n
$array = XML2Array::createArray($xml);\nprint_r($array);<\/pre>\n
$array<\/code> returned can be converted back to XML using the Array2XML<\/a> class.<\/p>\nExample<\/h3>\n
<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<movies type=\"documentary\">\n <movie>\n <title>PHP: Behind the Parser<\/title>\n <characters>\n <character>\n <name>Ms. Coder<\/name>\n <actor>Onlivia Actora<\/actor>\n <\/character>\n <character>\n <name>Mr. Coder<\/name>\n <actor>El Act\u00d3r<\/actor>\n <\/character>\n <\/characters>\n <plot><![CDATA[So, this language. It's like, a programming language. Or is it a scripting language?\nAll is revealed in this thrilling horror spoof of a documentary.]]><\/plot>\n <great-lines>\n <line>PHP solves all my web problems<\/line>\n <\/great-lines>\n <rating type=\"thumbs\">7<\/rating>\n <rating type=\"stars\">5<\/rating>\n <\/movie>\n<\/movies><\/pre>\n
array (\n 'movies' => array (\n 'movie' => array (\n 'title' => 'PHP: Behind the Parser',\n 'characters' => array (\n 'character' => array (\n 0 => array (\n 'name' => 'Ms. Coder',\n 'actor' => 'Onlivia Actora',\n ),\n 1 => array (\n 'name' => 'Mr. Coder',\n 'actor' => 'El Act\u00d3r',\n ),\n ),\n ),\n 'plot' => array (\n '@cdata' => 'So, this language. It's like, a programming language. Or is it a scripting language?\nAll is revealed in this thrilling horror spoof of a documentary.',\n ),\n 'great-lines' => array (\n 'line' => 'PHP solves all my web problems',\n ),\n 'rating' => array (\n 0 => array (\n '@value' => '7',\n '@attributes' => array (\n 'type' => 'thumbs',\n ),\n ),\n 1 => array (\n '@value' => '5',\n '@attributes' => array (\n 'type' => 'stars',\n ),\n ),\n ),\n ),\n '@attributes' => array (\n 'type' => 'documentary',\n ),\n ),\n)<\/pre>\n
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<?php\n\/**\n * XML2Array: A class to convert XML to array in PHP\n * It returns the array which can be converted back to XML using the Array2XML script\n * It takes an XML string or a DOMDocument object as an input.\n *\n * See Array2XML: http:\/\/www.lalit.org\/lab\/convert-php-array-to-xml-with-attributes\n *\n * Author : Lalit Patel\n * Website: http:\/\/www.lalit.org\/lab\/convert-xml-to-array-in-php-xml2array\n * License: Apache License 2.0\n * http:\/\/www.apache.org\/licenses\/LICENSE-2.0\n * Version: 0.1 (07 Dec 2011)\n * Version: 0.2 (04 Mar 2012)\n * \t\t\tFixed typo 'DomDocument' to 'DOMDocument'\n *\n * Usage:\n * $array = XML2Array::createArray($xml);\n *\/\n\nclass XML2Array {\n\n private static $xml = null;\n\tprivate static $encoding = 'UTF-8';\n\n \/**\n * Initialize the root XML node [optional]\n * @param $version\n * @param $encoding\n * @param $format_output\n *\/\n public static function init($version = '1.0', $encoding = 'UTF-8', $format_output = true) {\n self::$xml = new DOMDocument($version, $encoding);\n self::$xml->formatOutput = $format_output;\n\t\tself::$encoding = $encoding;\n }\n\n \/**\n * Convert an XML to Array\n * @param string $node_name - name of the root node to be converted\n * @param array $arr - aray to be converterd\n * @return DOMDocument\n *\/\n public static function &createArray($input_xml) {\n $xml = self::getXMLRoot();\n\t\tif(is_string($input_xml)) {\n\t\t\t$parsed = $xml->loadXML($input_xml);\n\t\t\tif(!$parsed) {\n\t\t\t\tthrow new Exception('[XML2Array] Error parsing the XML string.');\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t} else {\n\t\t\tif(get_class($input_xml) != 'DOMDocument') {\n\t\t\t\tthrow new Exception('[XML2Array] The input XML object should be of type: DOMDocument.');\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t$xml = self::$xml = $input_xml;\n\t\t}\n\t\t$array[$xml->documentElement->tagName] = self::convert($xml->documentElement);\n self::$xml = null; \/\/ clear the xml node in the class for 2nd time use.\n return $array;\n }\n\n \/**\n * Convert an Array to XML\n * @param mixed $node - XML as a string or as an object of DOMDocument\n * @return mixed\n *\/\n private static function &convert($node) {\n\t\t$output = array();\n\n\t\tswitch ($node->nodeType) {\n\t\t\tcase XML_CDATA_SECTION_NODE:\n\t\t\t\t$output['@cdata'] = trim($node->textContent);\n\t\t\t\tbreak;\n\n\t\t\tcase XML_TEXT_NODE:\n\t\t\t\t$output = trim($node->textContent);\n\t\t\t\tbreak;\n\n\t\t\tcase XML_ELEMENT_NODE:\n\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ for each child node, call the covert function recursively\n\t\t\t\tfor ($i=0, $m=$node->childNodes->length; $i<$m; $i++) {\n\t\t\t\t\t$child = $node->childNodes->item($i);\n\t\t\t\t\t$v = self::convert($child);\n\t\t\t\t\tif(isset($child->tagName)) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t$t = $child->tagName;\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ assume more nodes of same kind are coming\n\t\t\t\t\t\tif(!isset($output[$t])) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t$output[$t] = array();\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t$output[$t][] = $v;\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/check if it is not an empty text node\n\t\t\t\t\t\tif($v !== '') {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t$output = $v;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\tif(is_array($output)) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ if only one node of its kind, assign it directly instead if array($value);\n\t\t\t\t\tforeach ($output as $t => $v) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tif(is_array($v) && count($v)==1) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t$output[$t] = $v[0];\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\tif(empty($output)) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/for empty nodes\n\t\t\t\t\t\t$output = '';\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ loop through the attributes and collect them\n\t\t\t\tif($node->attributes->length) {\n\t\t\t\t\t$a = array();\n\t\t\t\t\tforeach($node->attributes as $attrName => $attrNode) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t$a[$attrName] = (string) $attrNode->value;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ if its an leaf node, store the value in @value instead of directly storing it.\n\t\t\t\t\tif(!is_array($output)) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t$output = array('@value' => $output);\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t$output['@attributes'] = $a;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tbreak;\n\t\t}\n\t\treturn $output;\n }\n\n \/*\n * Get the root XML node, if there isn't one, create it.\n *\/\n private static function getXMLRoot(){\n if(empty(self::$xml)) {\n self::init();\n }\n return self::$xml;\n }\n}\n?><\/pre>\nArray2XML: convert PHP Array to XML (with attributes and CDATA)<\/h1>\n
Usage<\/h3>\n
$xml = Array2XML::createXML('root_node_name', $php_array);\necho $xml->saveXML();<\/pre>\n$xml<\/code> object returned is of type DOMDocument<\/code> and hence you can perform further operations on it.<\/p>\nArray2XML::init()<\/code> function before calling the Array2XML::createXML()<\/code> function.<\/p>\nArray2XML::init($version \/* ='1.0' *\/, $encoding \/* ='UTF-8' *\/);<\/pre>\n
Array Structure conventions<\/h3>\n
Array2XML::createXML()<\/code> function follows few conventions, which are quite literal and easy to learn\/use. The examples below demonstrate their usage<\/p>\n$books = array(); \/\/ or\n$books = null; \/\/ or\n$books = '';\n$xml = Array2XML::createXML('books', $books);\n\n\/\/ all three cases above create <books\/><\/pre>\n@attributes<\/code> key in the array<\/p>\n$books = array(\n '@attributes' => array(\n 'type' => 'fiction',\n 'year' => 2011,\n 'bestsellers' => true\n )\n );\n$xml = Array2XML::createXML('books', $books);\n\n\/\/ creates <books type=\"fiction\" year=\"2011\" bestsellers=\"true\"\/><\/pre>\n@value<\/code> key in the array. Following examples will make it clear<\/p>\n$books = 1984; \/\/ or\n $books = array(\n '@value' = 1984\n );\n \/\/ creates <books>1984<\/books>\n\n $books = array(\n '@attributes' => array(\n 'type' => 'fiction'\n ),\n '@value' = 1984\n );\n \/\/ creates <books type=\"fiction\">1984<\/books>\n\n $books = array(\n '@attributes' => array(\n 'type' => 'fiction'\n ),\n 'book' => 1984\n );\n \/* creates\n <books type=\"fiction\">\n <book>1984<\/book>\n <\/books>\n *\/\n\n $books = array(\n '@attributes' => array(\n 'type' => 'fiction'\n ),\n 'book'=> array('1984','Foundation','Stranger in a Strange Land')\n );\n \/* creates\n <books type=\"fiction\">\n <book>1984<\/book>\n <book>Foundation<\/book>\n <book>Stranger in a Strange Land<\/book>\n <\/books>\n *\/<\/pre>\n$books = array(\n '@attributes' => array(\n 'type' => 'fiction'\n ),\n 'book' => array(\n array(\n '@attributes' => array(\n 'author' => 'George Orwell'\n ),\n 'title' => '1984'\n ),\n array(\n '@attributes' => array(\n 'author' => 'Isaac Asimov'\n ),\n 'title' => array('@cdata'=>'Foundation'),\n 'price' => '$15.61'\n ),\n array(\n '@attributes' => array(\n 'author' => 'Robert A Heinlein'\n ),\n 'title' => array('@cdata'=>'Stranger in a Strange Land'),\n 'price' => array(\n '@attributes' => array(\n 'discount' => '10%'\n ),\n '@value' => '$18.00'\n )\n )\n )\n );\n \/* creates\n <books type=\"fiction\">\n <book author=\"George Orwell\">\n <title>1984<\/title>\n <\/book>\n <book author=\"Isaac Asimov\">\n <title><![CDATA[Foundation]]><\/title>\n <price>$15.61<\/price>\n <\/book>\n <book author=\"Robert A Heinlein\">\n <title><![CDATA[Stranger in a Strange Land]]<\/title>\n <price discount=\"10%\">$18.00<\/price>\n <\/book>\n <\/books>\n *\/<\/pre>\nDetailed Example<\/h3>\n
Download (v0.8, 2 May, 2012)<\/h3>\n