hasChildNodes()) {
foreach ($node->childNodes as $children) {
if ($children->nodeType == XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
return TRUE;
}
}
return FALSE;
}
/*
* $array = xml_to_array_parser($parent, $counter = -1, $index = 0, &$array = FALSE, $first_level = TRUE)
*
* This is the core: parses the XML file and initializes the array
*/
function xml_to_array_parser($parent, $counter = -1, $index = 0, &$array = FALSE, $first_level = TRUE) {
// Extract the childrens from the parent node
foreach($parent->childNodes as $children) {
if($counter != -1) {
if($counter > 0)
--$counter;
else
break;
}
// Checks for children's attributes
if($children->hasAttributes())
foreach($children->attributes as $attribute) $array[$index][$attribute->name] = $attribute->value;
// Insert a valid element into the array
if($children->nodeName[0] != "#" && !has_childs($children) && !$first_level)
$array[$index][$children->nodeName] = $children->nodeValue;
// Checks if the children is a also a parent
if(has_childs($children)) xml_to_array_parser($children, $counter, $index, $array, FALSE);
// The real parent only can creates a new table
if($first_level) ++$index;
}
// Return the table
if($first_level) return $array;
}
/*
* $array = xml_parser($xml_path, $counter = -1)
*
* Simple function that returns back the array
* associated to the XML file.
*
* If counter is > 0, the function will reads
* $counter records from the XML file.
*/
function xml_parser($xml_path, $counter = -1) {
// Creates an object of the DOMDocument class
$dom = new DOMDocument();
// Ignore the blank spaces in the XML file
$dom->preserveWhiteSpace = FALSE;
// Loads the XML file
@$dom->load($xml_path) or die("Invalid XML file!");
// Root of the XML file
$root = $dom->documentElement;
// Returns the array or FALSE
return ($root->hasChildNodes()) ? xml_to_array_parser($root, $counter) : FALSE;
}
/********* SAMPLE CODE *********/
$list = xml_parser("file.xml");
foreach($list as $array) {
echo "
";
foreach($array as $tagname => $value) echo "$tagname => $value
";
}
/********* SAMPLE CODE *********/
?>