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pn/epp-xml2array
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XML/EPP to a simple readable array, including Namespace and CDATA support

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EppXml-2-Array v1.4
===================

[](#eppxml-2-array-v14)

An EPP ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible\_Provisioning\_Protocol](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Provisioning_Protocol)), with Namespace support, to a simple Array. Still usable for normal XML too. CDATA is supported.

Why not use xyz?
----------------

[](#why-not-use-xyz)

For regular XML you can use this (probably) fine:

```
$xml = simplexml_load_string($xmlstring);
$json = json_encode($xml);
$array = json_decode($json,TRUE);
```

But it doesn't work "out of the box" with namespaces. Also, simplexml\_load\_string somehow removes certain attributes. For example, if your EPP had:

```
P-ABC120
```

It will remove the "type" attribute. And for EPP any missing information makes those methods unusable.

How to use
----------

[](#how-to-use)

First, load the XML:

```
PN\Xml2Array::loadXML($xml_string);
//or
PN\Xml2Array::loadXML(file_get_contents('somefile.xml'));
```

Get the whole array from your complete EPP string:

```
print_r( PN\Xml2Array::getArray() );
```

Get all the Namespace prefixes + URI's as an array:

```
print_r( PN\Xml2Array::getNamespaces() );
```

Get a part of the EPP in array by giving the prefix:

```
print_r( PN\Xml2Array::getArrayNS('contact') );
```

##### Added in v1.1

[](#added-in-v11)

Too lazy to look where in the array/xml a tag is? Or the tag could be changing in different xml files? See example1.php, use it like this:

```
print_r( PN\Xml2Array::getArrayElement('domain', 'pw', true ) );
```

##### Added in v1.3

[](#added-in-v13)

Want to get an attribute like:

```
...
```

See example1.php, use it like this:

```
print_r( Xml2Array::getArrayAttribute(null, 'result', 'code', true) );
```

Simple as that.

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 94.4% of commits — single point of failure

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**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.

### Community

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