/**
* Parse an XML document into an array. Supports namespaces. Uses SimpleXML
*
* @param String/SimpleXMLElement $xml
* @return Array
*/
public static function parse($xml)
{
$xml = get_class($xml) == 'SimpleXMLElement' ? $xml : @simplexml_load_string($xml);
if (get_class($xml) != 'SimpleXMLElement') {
die('The string passed is not a valid XML string or an SimpleXMLElement');
}
self::$namespaces = $xml->getNamespaces(true);
return self::parsetag($xml);
}
protected function xml2array($xml)
{
if (trim($xml) == '') {
return array();
}
if (class_exists('XMLns2array')) {
$array = XMLns2array::parse($xml);
} else {
$array = json_decode(json_encode(@simplexml_load_string($xml)), true);
}
return $array;
}
