Parse XML data into an array in PHP
Description
The following code shows how to parse XML data into an array.
Example
<?php/*from w w w. jav a 2 s . c o m*/
//invalid xml file
$xmlfile = 'test.xml';
$xmlparser = xml_parser_create();
// open a file and read data
$fp = fopen($xmlfile, 'r');
$xmldata = fread($fp, 4096);
xml_parse_into_struct($xmlparser,$xmldata,$values);
xml_parser_free($xmlparser);
print_r($values);
?>
The following code is for test.xml.
//w w w .j a v a 2s .co m
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<note>
<to>Work</to>
<from>Home</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>This is a message.</body>
</note>
The code above generates the following result.