public static function toXmlNew($data, $rootNodeName = 'data', $xml = null) { // turn off compatibility mode as simple xml throws a wobbly if you don't. if (ini_get('zend.ze1_compatibility_mode') == 1) { ini_set('zend.ze1_compatibility_mode', 0); } if ($xml == null) { $xml = simplexml_load_string("<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><{$rootNodeName} />"); } // loop through the data passed in. foreach ($data as $key => $value) { // no numeric keys in our xml please! if (is_numeric($key)) { // make string key... $key = "unknownNode_" . (string) $key; } // replace anything not alpha numeric // $key = preg_replace('/[^a-z]/i', '', $key); // if there is another array found recrusively call this function if (is_array($value)) { $node = $xml->addChild($key); // recrusive call. ArrayToXML::toXmlNew($value, $rootNodeName, $node); } else { // add single node. $value = htmlentities($value); $xml->addChild($key, $value); } } // pass back as string. or simple xml object if you want! return $xml->asXML(); }