/**
* Convert XML to SimpleXml
* If user wants DomDocument they can use dom_import_simplexml
*
* @return \SimpleXMLElement|\DOMDocument|bool
*/
public function readXmlString()
{
$xmlReference = $this->readInteger();
$length = $xmlReference >> 1;
$string = $this->_stream->readBytes($length);
return XmlSecurity::scan($string);
}
/**
* Convert XML to SimpleXml
* If user wants DomDocument they can use dom_import_simplexml
*
* @return \SimpleXMLElement|\DOMDocument|boolean
*/
public function readXmlString()
{
$string = $this->_stream->readLongUTF();
return XmlSecurity::scan($string);
//simplexml_load_string($string);
}
/**
* fromXml - Converts XML to JSON
*
* Converts a XML formatted string into a JSON formatted string.
* The value returned will be a string in JSON format.
*
* The caller of this function needs to provide only the first parameter,
* which is an XML formatted String. The second parameter is optional, which
* lets the user to select if the XML attributes in the input XML string
* should be included or ignored in xml2json conversion.
*
* This function converts the XML formatted string into a PHP array by
* calling a recursive (protected static) function in this class. Then, it
* converts that PHP array into JSON by calling the "encode" static funcion.
*
* Throws a Zend_Json_Exception if the input not a XML formatted string.
* NOTE: Encoding native javascript expressions via Zend_Json_Expr is not possible.
*
* @static
* @access public
* @param string $xmlStringContents XML String to be converted
* @param boolean $ignoreXmlAttributes Include or exclude XML attributes in
* the xml2json conversion process.
* @return mixed - JSON formatted string on success
* @throws Zend_Json_Exception
*/
public static function fromXml($xmlStringContents, $ignoreXmlAttributes = true)
{
// Load the XML formatted string into a Simple XML Element object.
$simpleXmlElementObject = XmlSecurity::scan($xmlStringContents);
// If it is not a valid XML content, throw an exception.
if ($simpleXmlElementObject == null) {
require_once 'Zend/Json/Exception.php';
throw new Zend_Json_Exception('Function fromXml was called with an invalid XML formatted string.');
}
// End of if ($simpleXmlElementObject == null)
$resultArray = null;
// Call the recursive function to convert the XML into a PHP array.
$resultArray = self::_processXml($simpleXmlElementObject, $ignoreXmlAttributes);
// Convert the PHP array to JSON using Zend_Json encode method.
// It is just that simple.
$jsonStringOutput = self::encode($resultArray);
return $jsonStringOutput;
}
