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[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) 4. / 5. baraja-core/xml-to-php-array ActiveLibrary[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) baraja-core/xml-to-php-array ============================ XML to PHP array convertor v2.1.1(3y ago)532.2k11PHPPHP ^8.0 Since Jan 1Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/baraja-core/xml-to-array)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/baraja-core/xml-to-php-array)[ Docs](https://github.com/baraja-core/xml-to-array)[ RSS](/packages/baraja-core-xml-to-php-array/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (8)Dependencies (7)Versions (12)Used By (1) XML to PHP array convertor ========================== [](#xml-to-php-array-convertor) Smart tool to convert your XML to PHP array. This is fork from [gaarf/XML-string-to-PHP-array](https://github.com/gaarf/XML-string-to-PHP-array). Install and simply use ---------------------- [](#install-and-simply-use) Use Composer: ``` composer require baraja-core/xml-to-php-array ``` And then package will be automatically installed to your project and you can simply call: ``` $resultArray = Convertor::covertToArray($xml); ``` Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) One common need when working in PHP is a way to convert an XML document into a serializable array. If you ever tried to serialize() and then unserialize() a SimpleXML or DOMDocument object, you know what I’m talking about. Assume the following XML snippet: ``` Brian Chris Meg ``` There’s a quick and dirty way to do convert such a document to an array, using type casting and the JSON functions to ensure there are no exotic values that would cause problems when unserializing: ``` $a = json_decode(json_encode((array) Convertor::covertToArray($s)), true); ``` Here is the result for our sample XML, eg if we `print_r($a)`: ``` Array ( [show] => Array ( [@attributes] => Array ( [name] => Family Guy ) [dog] => Brian [kid] => Array ( [0] => Chris [1] => Meg ) ) ) ``` Pretty nifty, eh? But maybe we want to embed some HTML tags or something crazy along those lines. then we need a CDATA node… ``` Brian Chris Meg Stewie]]> ``` The snippet of XML above would yield the following: ``` Array ( [show] => Array ( [@attributes] => Array ( [name] => Family Guy ) [dog] => Brian [kid] => Array ( [0] => Chris [1] => Meg [2] => Array ( ) ) ) ) ``` That’s not very useful. We got in trouble because the CDATA node, a SimpleXMLElement, is being cast to an array instead of a string. To handle this case while still keeping the nice @attributes notation, we need a slightly more verbose conversion function. This is my version, hereby released under a do-whatever-but-dont-sue-me license. The result, for our *Stewie* snippet: ``` Array ( [show] => Array ( [@attributes] => Array ( [name] => Family Guy ) [dog] => Brian [kid] => Array ( [0] => Chris [1] => Meg [2] => Stewie ) ) ) ``` Victory is mine! :D ### Health Score 35 — LowBetter than 80% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity28 Limited adoption so far Community12 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity65 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 96% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~88 days Recently: every ~145 days Total 8 Last Release 1345d ago Major Versions v1.1.0 → v2.0.02021-02-11 PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=7.1.0 v2.0.0PHP ^8.0 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3382204?v=4)[baraja](/maintainers/baraja)[@baraja](https://github.com/baraja) --- Top Contributors [![janbarasek](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4738758?v=4)](https://github.com/janbarasek "janbarasek (24 commits)")[![dependabot-preview[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/2141?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot-preview[bot] "dependabot-preview[bot] (1 commits)") --- Tags arraycastingconvertorphpphp-arraysnippetxml ### Code Quality Static AnalysisPHPStan Type Coverage Yes ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/baraja-core-xml-to-php-array/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/baraja-core-xml-to-php-array/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/baraja-core-xml-to-php-array) ``` ### Alternatives [masterminds/html5 An HTML5 parser and serializer. 1.8k242.8M229](/packages/masterminds-html5)[sabberworm/php-css-parser Parser for CSS Files written in PHP 1.8k191.2M65](/packages/sabberworm-php-css-parser)[jms/metadata Class/method/property metadata management in PHP 1.8k152.8M88](/packages/jms-metadata)[jms/serializer-bundle Allows you to easily serialize, and deserialize data of any complexity 1.8k89.3M627](/packages/jms-serializer-bundle)[hassankhan/config Lightweight configuration file loader that supports PHP, INI, XML, JSON, and YAML files 97513.5M170](/packages/hassankhan-config)[meyfa/php-svg Read, edit, write, and render SVG files with PHP 54613.9M42](/packages/meyfa-php-svg) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)