XML Pretty Array

[The Little Guy]

I would like to take the following xml file, and convert it to a nice array. Is there any functions to do this or any suggestions how to do this?

 

xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<users>
<instructions>
	<phpfile>users.php</phpfile>
</instructions>
<users action="multiple">
	<user>
		<name>root</name>
		<password>5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99</password>
		<permissions>
			<access>CREATE_USR</access>
		</permissions>
	</user>
<users>
</users>

 

Desired array:

Array (
[instructions] => Array (
	[phpfile] => users.php
)
[users] => Array (
	[0] => Array (
		[name] => root
		[password] => 5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99
		[permissions] => Array(
			[access] => CREATE_USR
		)
	)
)
)

[gizmola]

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.simplexml-load-file.php or load-string().  If you read the manual comments for this page there are multiple implementations that people posted of converting the simplexml object to an array.

[The Little Guy]

I keep getting this error:

 

Warning: simplexml_load_file(): I/O warning : failed to load external entity "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<users>
        <instructions>
                <phpfile>users.php</phpfile>
        </instructions>
        <users action="multiple">
                <user>
                        <name>root</name>
                        <password>5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99</password>
                        <permissions>
                                <access>CREATE_USR</access>
                        </permissions>
                </user>
        </users>
</users>" in C:\Users\Ryan\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Database\FFD\FFD.php on line 46

[kenrbnsn]

If you use simplexml_load_file, the XML needs to be in a file. Use simplexml_load_string when passing a string.

 

Ken

[The Little Guy]

haha, got it! I was passing the xml string, not the file