The Little Guy Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 I would like to take the following xml file, and convert it to a nice array. Is there any functions to do this or any suggestions how to do this? xml file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <users> <instructions> <phpfile>users.php</phpfile> </instructions> <users action="multiple"> <user> <name>root</name> <password>5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99</password> <permissions> <access>CREATE_USR</access> </permissions> </user> <users> </users> Desired array: Array ( [instructions] => Array ( [phpfile] => users.php ) [users] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [name] => root [password] => 5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99 [permissions] => Array( [access] => CREATE_USR ) ) ) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmola Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.simplexml-load-file.php or load-string(). If you read the manual comments for this page there are multiple implementations that people posted of converting the simplexml object to an array. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted October 14, 2010 Author Share Posted October 14, 2010 I keep getting this error: Warning: simplexml_load_file(): I/O warning : failed to load external entity "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <users> <instructions> <phpfile>users.php</phpfile> </instructions> <users action="multiple"> <user> <name>root</name> <password>5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99</password> <permissions> <access>CREATE_USR</access> </permissions> </user> </users> </users>" in C:\Users\Ryan\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Database\FFD\FFD.php on line 46 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrbnsn Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 If you use simplexml_load_file, the XML needs to be in a file. Use simplexml_load_string when passing a string. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted October 14, 2010 Author Share Posted October 14, 2010 haha, got it! I was passing the xml string, not the file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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