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How to convert XML to Array or Object in PHP

Code Snippet: XML to Array in PHP The article explores how to convert XML to array or object in PHP. Here’s a snippet from the article. <?php $courses_xml = '<courses> <course> <title>Fundamentals of Programming</title> <credithours>3 + 1</credithours> <prerequisites>None</prerequisites> </course> <course> <title>Object Oriented Programming</title> <credithours>3 + 1</credithours> <prerequisites>Fundamentals of Programming</prerequisites> </course> </courses>'; $xml = simplexml_load_string($courses_xml); $json = json_encode($xml, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT); $array = json_decode($json, true); ?> That’s just one way of going about this problem. Learn more about this topic in the following sections. Relevant Content: JSON to XML Conversion The article “How to convert XML to JSON in PHP” sets a solid foundation for XML to array in PHP. We suggest reading that article as this article borrows alot from it. We will see that the existing solution adds only one extra function call to get an array or object, and the rest of the code is similar. So without any further…

Code Snippet: XML to JSON in PHP This article focuses on converting XML to JSON in PHP. You can convert XML to JSON using 2 functions. Here's the relevant code snippet to transform XML to JSON. <?php $employees_xml = '<employees> <employee id="1"> <firstname>Jack</firstname> <lastname>Nesham</lastname> <age>22</age> <role>Software Engineer</role> </employee> <employee id="2"> <firstname>Maxwell</firstname> <lastname>Rick</lastname> <age>25</age> <role>DevOps Engineer</role> </employee> </employees>'; $xml = simplexml_load_string($employees_xml); $json = json_encode($xml, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT); ?> That's not the only way, though. This is a solid solution in many cases, but you may encounter a more complex situation, need more flexibility, or you need this in several locations. There is a solid 3rd party composer package to convert XML to CSV which we'll discuss further in the article. Relevant Content: XML & JSON Conversion Converting PHP XML to JSON In the article, “How to convert JSON to XML in PHP”, we learned about SimpleXMLElement class and json_decode function that helps in…

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How to convert XML to Array or Object in PHP

Convert XML to JSON Correctly With PHP Code Examples (2023)