/**
* Convert an XML document to a multi dimensional array
* Pass in an XML document (or SimpleXMLElement object) and this recrusively loops through and builds a representative array
*
* @param string $xml - XML document - can optionally be a SimpleXMLElement object
* @return array ARRAY
*/
public static function toArray($xml)
{
if (is_string($xml)) {
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
}
$children = $xml->children();
if (!$children) {
return (string) $xml;
}
$arr = array();
foreach ($children as $key => $node) {
$node = modRestArrayToXML::toArray($node);
// support for 'anon' non-associative arrays
if ($key == 'anon') {
$key = count($arr);
}
// if the node is already set, put it into an array
if (isset($arr[$key])) {
if (!is_array($arr[$key]) || $arr[$key][0] == null) {
$arr[$key] = array($arr[$key]);
}
$arr[$key][] = $node;
} else {
$arr[$key] = $node;
}
}
return $arr;
}
