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Convert XML to an array representation, and then convert back to XML again.

Drop-in replacement for Lalit.org's XML2Array and Array2XML classes, based on their work.

Configurable to use different special array keys for attributes/cdata/value
Configurable to preserve tag and attribute namespaces
Array to XML conversion automatically uses the root array element as the root XML node, if only one element exists at the top-level in the array

Usage Examples

Basic usage

$array = XML2Array::createArray($xml);
$xml = Array2XML::createXML($array);

Note that there's no need to specify the 'rootNode' parameter from the previous implementation. If the array contains a single root item, that will automatically be used as the root node.

Drop-in replacement

Of course, if you need a drop-in replacement, the old syntax works as before.

$array = XML2Array::createArray($xml);
$xml = Array2XML::createXML('rootNode', $array);

Preserve namespaces

$config = array(
    'useNamespaces' => true,
);
$array = XML2Array::createArray($xml, $config);

Use JSON-friendly special keys

$config = array(
    'attributesKey' => '$attributes',
    'cdataKey'      => '$cdata',
    'valueKey'      => '$value',
);
$array = XML2Array::createArray($xml, $config);
$xml = Array2XML::createXML($array, $config);