note 99754 added to ref.xml

[Gl...@itistudios.ca]

A working xml to array parser.
Modeled after the previous post it is functionally different as follows:
1. Will always return an array.
2. Includes the content from all elements.
3. Includes all multiple elements in the same array.
4. Has been thoroughly tested before being posted.

Notes:
1. Ignores content that is not in between it's own set of tags.
2. 'attrib' and 'cdata' are keys added to the array when the element contains both attributes and content.

Usage:
$domObj = new xmlToArrayParser($xml);
$domArr = $domObj->array;

eg.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<top>
<element1>element content 1</element1>
<element2 var2="val2" />
<element3 var3="val3" var4="val4">element content 3</element3>
<element3 var5="val5">element content 4</element3>
<element3 var6="val6" />
<element3>element content 7</element3>
</top>

$domArr['top']['element1'] => element content 1
$domArr['top']['element2']['attrib']['var2'] => val2
$domArr['top']['element3']['0']['attrib']['var3'] => val3
$domArr['top']['element3']['0']['attrib']['var4'] => val4
$domArr['top']['element3']['0']['cdata'] => element content 3
$domArr['top']['element3']['1']['attrib']['var5'] => val5
$domArr['top']['element3']['1']['cdata'] => element content 4
$domArr['top']['element3']['2']['attrib']['var6'] => val6
$domArr['top']['element3']['3'] => element content 7

<?php
/**
* Convert an xml file to an associative array (including the tag attributes):
*/
class xmlToArrayParser {
public $array;
private $parser;
private $pointer;

/**
* $domObj = new xmlToArrayParser($xml);
*
* @param String $xml
*/
public function __construct($xml) {
$this->pointer =& $this->array;
$this->parser = xml_parser_create();
xml_set_object($this->parser, $this);
xml_parser_set_option($this->parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, false);
xml_set_element_handler($this->parser, "tag_open", "tag_close");
xml_set_character_data_handler($this->parser, "cdata");
xml_parse($this->parser, ltrim($xml));
}

private function tag_open($parser, $tag, $attributes) {
$idx=$this->convert_to_array($tag, 'attrib');
$idx=$this->convert_to_array($tag, 'cdata');
if(isset($idx)) {
$this->pointer[$tag][$idx] = Array('@idx' => $idx,'@parent' => &$this->pointer);
$this->pointer =& $this->pointer[$tag][$idx];
}else {
$this->pointer[$tag] = Array('@parent' => &$this->pointer);
$this->pointer =& $this->pointer[$tag];
}
if (!empty($attributes)) { $this->pointer['attrib'] = $attributes; }
}

private function cdata($parser, $cdata) { $this->pointer['cdata'] = trim($cdata); }

private function tag_close($parser, $tag) {
$current = & $this->pointer;
if(isset($this->pointer['@idx'])) {unset($current['@idx']);}
$this->pointer = & $this->pointer['@parent'];
unset($current['@parent']);
if(isset($current['cdata']) && count($current) == 1) { $current = $current['cdata'];}
else if(empty($current['cdata'])) {unset($current['cdata']);}
}
/**
* Converts a single element item into array(element[0]) if a second element of the same name is encountered.
*/
private function convert_to_array($tag, $item) {
if(isset($this->pointer[$tag][$item])) {
$content = $this->pointer[$tag];
$this->pointer[$tag] = array((0) => $content);
$idx = 1;
}else if (isset($this->pointer[$tag])) {
$idx = count($this->pointer[$tag]);
if(!isset($this->pointer[$tag][0])) {
foreach ($this->pointer[$tag] as $key => $value) {
unset($this->pointer[$tag][$key]);
$this->pointer[$tag][0][$key] = $value;
}}}else $idx = null;
return $idx;
}
}
?>
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