Convert an SimpleXMLElement object array into a normal array in PHP

To do development, given that the post message is an XML packet, the data obtained through SimpleXMLElement object is not well manipulated and needs to be converted to a normal array.

Online find a lot of methods are not ideal, found through Json_decode and Json_encode can transform, so share to everyone.

$postStr = '
 
   
  
    toUser 1348831860
  
    
  
    fromUser
  
     
  
   
  
    
  
   
    
   1234567890123456
  
    
 
    this is a test
  
    
    text
  
    
   '; $postObj = simplexml_load_string ($postStr, ' simplexmlelement ', libxml_nocdata); $jsonStr = Json_encode ($POSTOBJ); $ Jsonarray = Json_decode ($jsonStr, True);p Rint_r ($jsonArray);

The output is:

Array (    [tousername] = Touser    [Fromusername] = Fromuser    [Createtime] = 1348831860    [ Msgtype] = text    [Content] = This is a test    [MsgId] + 1234567890123456)

It's a lot easier to do that.

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