XML to Array
This class parses XML into an array:
array
(
[_name] => tag name (case sensitive)
[_attributes] => an array of ‘attribute’=>’value’
[_value] => node’s CDATA
[_children] => node’s children
)
<?php
/**
* ArrayFromXML
*
* @author Pawel Gasiorowski
* @copyright Copyright (c) 2005
* @access public
**/
class ArrayFromXML
{
var $parser;
var $iter = 0;
var $path = array();
var $xml = array();
/**
* ArrayFromXML::ArrayFromXML()
*
* @param string $XML
* @return
**/
function ArrayFromXML($XML)
{
$this->parser = xml_parser_create();
xml_set_object($this->parser, &$this);
xml_parser_set_option($this->parser, XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE, 1);
xml_parser_set_option($this->parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, 0);
xml_set_element_handler($this->parser, “hanleTagStart”, “hanleTagEnd”);
xml_set_character_data_handler($this->parser, “hanleTagCData”);
xml_parse($this->parser, $XML);
xml_parser_free($this->parser);
$this->xml = $this->xml[’_children’][0];
}
/**
* ArrayFromXML::getEvalPath()
*
* @return
**/
function getEvalPath()
{
return ‘$this->xml[’ . “‘” . implode(”‘][’”, $this->path) . “‘” . ‘]’;
}
/**
* ArrayFromXML::hanleTagStart()
*
* @param object $parser
* @param string $tag
* @param array $attributes
* @return
**/
function hanleTagStart($parser, $tag, $attributes)
{
array_push($this->path, ‘_children’);
array_push($this->path, ($this->iter++));
$e = $this->getEvalPath();
eval ($e . “[’_name’] = \$tag;”);
if ($attributes !== array())
{
eval ($e . “[’_attributes’] = \$attributes;”);
}
}
/**
* ArrayFromXML::hanleTagCData()
*
* @param object $parser
* @param string $cdata
* @return
**/
function hanleTagCData($parser, $cdata)
{
$e = $this->getEvalPath();
eval ($e . “[’_value’] = \$cdata;”);
}
/**
* ArrayFromXML::hanleTagEnd()
*
* @param object $parser
* @param string $cdata
* @return
**/
function hanleTagEnd($parser, $tag)
{
array_pop($this->path);
array_pop($this->path);
}
}
?>
