Question

Is there a way to convert XML to array using Zend Framework and PHP? I have seen folks using SimpleXML to do this, but I wanted to know if there’s a way through Zend Framework.

Sample XML, I wanted to convert to array would be:

<library>
    <book>
        <authorFirst>Mark</authorFirst>
        <authorLast>Twain</authorLast>
        <title>The Innocents Abroad</title>
    </book>
    <book>
        <authorFirst>Charles</authorFirst>
        <authorLast>Dickens</authorLast>
        <title>Oliver Twist</title>
    </book>
</library>

The converted array will look like this:

Array 
( 
        [0] => Array ( 
                      [authorFirst] => Mark 
                      [authorLast] => Twain
                      [title] => Innocents Abroad
                     )
        [1] => Array (
                      [authorFirst] => Charles 
                      [authorLast] => Dickens
                      [title] => Oliver Twist
                     )
)

Answer 1

If you look aty the source code of Zend_Config_XML, you’ll see them using SimpleXML to do almost exactly that. My guess? They’d suggest you do the same.