Convert xml into an array php code
function xmlNameSpaceToArray(SimpleXmlIterator $xml, $nameSpaces=Null){ $output = Null; $preparedArray = array(); for($xml->rewind(); $xml->valid(); $xml->next()) { $key = $xml->key(); if(!isset($preparedArray[$key])) { $preparedArray[$key] = array(); $i=0; } else $i = count($preparedArray[$key]); $simple = true; foreach($xml->current()->attributes() as $k=>$v) { $preparedArray[$key][$i][$k]=(string)$v; $simple = false; } if($nameSpaces) foreach($nameSpaces as $nid=>$name) { foreach($xml->current()->attributes($name) as $k=>$v) { $preparedArray[$key][$i][$nid.':'.$k]=(string)$v; $simple = false; } } if($xml->hasChildren()) { if($simple) $preparedArray[$key][$i] = xmlNameSpaceToArray($xml->current(), $nameSpaces); else $preparedArray[$key][$i]['content'] = xmlNameSpaceToArray($xml->current(), $nameSpaces); } else { if($simple) $preparedArray[$key][$i] = strval($xml->current()); else $preparedArray[$key][$i]['content'] = strval($xml->current()); } $i++; } $output = $preparedArray; return $preparedArray;}function xmlToArray($xmlFilePath){$xml = new SimpleXmlIterator($xmlFilePath , null, true);$nameSpaces = $xml->getNamespaces(true);$output = xmlNameSpaceToArray($xml,$nameSpaces);return $output;}$xmlFilePath = 'http://forums.devshed.com/rss/feed-5.xml';$output = xmlToArray($xmlFilePath);print_r($output);