[SOLVED] xml to array format i want..how to proceed.please help

[smilesmita]

hi there:

i have an xml file which kind of looks like this[as an example i have kept it simple].I want to conver this xml to the array format shown below.dont know how to do it..please help.after i get this array format then it will be easy for me to insert these records into database table by iterating:

<xml version.....>
<SubscriptionEvents>
<subscriptionFile>
  <filename>filename1</filename>
  <statustype>
     <Code>
       <Date>date1</Date>
       <Time>time1</Time>
     </Code>
  <statustype>
  <Manifest>
      <address>address1</address>
  </Manifest>
</subscriptionfile>

<subscriptionFile>
  <filename>filename2</filename>
  <statustype>
     <Code>
       <Date>date2</Date>
       <Time>time1</Time>
     </Code>
  <statustype>
  <Manifest>
      <address>address2</address>
  </Manifest>
</subscriptionfile>

<SubscriptionEvents>

 

Want an output like this:

 

Array
(
[subscriptionEvents]=>
[details] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    Subscriptionfile=>
                    filename=>filename1
                     statustype=>
                    Code=>
                    Date=>date1
                    Time=>time1
                    Manifest=>
                    address=>address1
                    ) 
            [1] => Array
               (   
                    Subscriptionfile=>
                    filename=>filename2
                     statustype=>
                    Code=>
                    Date=>date2
                    Time=>time2
                    Manifest=>
                    address=>address2
               )
         )
)

 

EDITED BY akitchin:  use code tags, and remember - only you can prevent hard-to-read code.

[nathanmaxsonadil]

is this what you are looking for?

http://www.codewalkers.com/c/a/Database-Code/Improved-XML-To-Array/

 

 

BTW: if you had just searched google you could have found it

[smilesmita]

i tried everything from google..

it doesnt give the output which i want...

if you know how to get that array format..that will be great!

[nathanmaxsonadil]

there's a link above with a tutorial

http://www.codewalkers.com/c/a/Database-Code/Improved-XML-To-Array/

[Barand]

Have you tried simplexml ?

<?php
$str = '<SubscriptionEvents>
<subscriptionFile>
  <filename>filename1</filename>
  <statustype>
     <Code>
       <Date>date1</Date>
       <Time>time1</Time>
     </Code>
  </statustype>
  <Manifest>
      <address>address1</address>
  </Manifest>
</subscriptionFile>

<subscriptionFile>
  <filename>filename2</filename>
  <statustype>
     <Code>
       <Date>date2</Date>
       <Time>time1</Time>
     </Code>
  </statustype>
  <Manifest>
      <address>address2</address>
  </Manifest>
</subscriptionFile>

</SubscriptionEvents>
';

$xml = simplexml_load_string($str);

echo '<pre>', print_r($xml, true), '</pre>';
?>

[taith]

there ya goes... that'll turn any string/file from xml, to a multidimentsional array :-)

<?php
function xmltoarray(&$string){
$parser = xml_parser_create();
xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, 0);
xml_parse_into_struct($parser, $string, $vals, $index);
xml_parser_free($parser);
$mnary=array();
$ary=&$mnary;
foreach($vals as $r){
  $t=$r['tag'];
  if($r['type']=='open'){
   if(isset($ary[$t])){
    if (isset($ary[$t][0])) $ary[$t][]=array();
    else $ary[$t]=array($ary[$t], array());
    $cv=&$ary[$t][count($ary[$t])-1];
   }else $cv=&$ary[$t];
   if(isset($r['attributes'])){
    foreach ($r['attributes'] as $k=>$v) $cv['_a'][$k]=$v;
   }
   $cv['_c']=array();
   $cv['_c']['_p']=&$ary;
   $ary=&$cv['_c'];
  }elseif($r['type']=='complete'){
   if(isset($ary[$t])){
    if (isset($ary[$t][0])) $ary[$t][]=array();
    else $ary[$t]=array($ary[$t], array());
    $cv=&$ary[$t][count($ary[$t])-1];
   }else $cv=&$ary[$t];
   if (isset($r['attributes'])){
    foreach ($r['attributes'] as $k=>$v) $cv['_a'][$k]=$v;
   }
   $cv['_v']=(isset($r['value']) ? $r['value'] : '');
  }elseif($r['type']=='close'){
   $ary=&$ary['_p'];
  }
}
_del_p($mnary);
return $mnary;
}

function _del_p(&$ary){
foreach($ary as $k=>$v){
  if($k==='_p') unset($ary[$k]);
  elseif(is_array($ary[$k])) _del_p($ary[$k]);
}
}
?>

[smilesmita]

unfortunately to use simple array you need php 5 or something.i have php 4.4.4 and it doesnt work on that!