How to convert xml code to php array

XML and PHP are two very important technologies in Web development. XML can be used to represent extensible markup language, while PHP is a server-side scripting language. It is recommended to convert XML code into PHP array for better processing and manipulation of data.

First, open an XML document, as shown below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<students>
  <student>
    <name>John Doe</name>
    <age>21</age>
  </student>
  <student>
    <name>Jane Smith</name>
    <age>23</age>
  </student>
</students>

To convert the above XML code into a PHP array, you can use the following method:

$xml = simplexml_load_string($xmlString);
$json = json_encode($xml);
$array = json_decode($json,TRUE);

print_r($array);

This code uses simplexml_load_string () function converts the XML document into an object, and then uses the json_encode() function to convert the object into JSON format. Finally, use the json_decode() function to convert the JSON format into a PHP array and print the result.

The output results are as follows:

Array
(
    [student] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [name] => John Doe
                    [age] => 21
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [name] => Jane Smith
                    [age] => 23
                )
        )
)

As you can see, the converted PHP array contains all the data in the XML document. Among them, each student's information is stored in a separate array.

The above is how to convert XML code into PHP array. I hope it will be helpful to you!

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