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rquadling/lalit
===============

GitHub copy of LaLit's XML2Array and Array2XML

4.0.0(1mo ago)7230.7k405CC0-1.0PHPPHP >=7.2CI passing

Since Apr 29Pushed 1mo ago6 watchersCompare

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LaLit's XML2Array / Array2XML
=============================

[](#lalits-xml2array--array2xml)

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`LaLit` allows you to convert XML to a PHP array and back again.

The base code was developed by Lalit Patel and *was* available from

From around May 7th 2018, the original site is not available.

The Internet Archive copies are mentioned below.

The original code was in the initial commit and all subsequent work has been carried out by me (Richard Quadling) and the contributors. Hopefully I've mentioned them all in the [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md).

XML2Array : [Original page](http://www.lalit.org/lab/convert-xml-to-array-in-php-xml2array/) / [Internet Archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20180430042542/www.lalit.org/lab/convert-xml-to-array-in-php-xml2array).

Array2XML : [Original page](http://www.lalit.org/lab/convert-php-array-to-xml-with-attributes/) / [Internet Archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20180507121143/www.lalit.org/lab/convert-php-array-to-xml-with-attributes).

I've added additional unit tests via a generator (so probably too many tests)

Extended usage
==============

[](#extended-usage)

Alternative labelling
---------------------

[](#alternative-labelling)

As of v3.2.0, the `init()` method has been expanded to allow the labels used in the output `XML2Array::createArray()` and the input to `Array2XML::createXML()` to be changed. Any value, where `null` is supplied will revert to the default value.

Version History
===============

[](#version-history)

Please read the [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) document.

@todo
=====

[](#todo)

1. Add support for `` within the XML, such that when converting from XML -> PHP -> XML, the comments are preserved.

###  Health Score

60

—

FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance94

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity40

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community26

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 94.4% 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 ~176 days

Recently: every ~16 days

Total

24

Last Release

30d ago

Major Versions

1.6.3 → 2.0.02016-11-17

v2.x-dev → 3.0.02017-02-09

v3.x-dev → v4.x-dev2026-06-04

PHP version history (2 changes)3.0.0PHP >=7

4.0.0PHP >=7.2

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

xmlarray

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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###  Alternatives

[openlss/lib-array2xml

Array2XML conversion library credit to lalit.org

31053.8M53](/packages/openlss-lib-array2xml)[digitickets/lalit

GitHub copy of LaLit's XML2Array and Array2XML

721.7M7](/packages/digitickets-lalit)[hiraku/xml_builder

Simple DSL for building XML

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