SimpleXMLElement to PHP Array [duplicate]

Answer 1

this function parse a xml simpleXML recursive to array recursive

function SimpleXML2Array($xml){
    $array = (array)$xml;

    //recursive Parser
    foreach ($array as $key => $value){
        if(strpos(get_class($value),"SimpleXML")!==false){
            $array[$key] = SimpleXML2Array($value);
        }
    }

    return $array;
}