When working with xml allot, you’ll find that this little ‘trick’ might come in handy. Editing large xml structures is a pain. So why not convert them to a nice array? It’s done like this: The xml: <PipeMsg> <Header> <Task>Logon</Task> <AuthenticationToken>sdfdg4-hkjty45-4544-sdfdsf4</AuthenticationToken> <CreationDstamp>54641215</CreationDstamp> </Header> <Body> <UserName>Crazy</UserName> <Password>cinderella </Password> </Body> </PipeMsg> Now convert to an array: $objXml = ‘the xml in the [...]
Oct 172009
When trying to parse xml with php’s SimpleXml you’ll notice that the SimpleXmlElement comes up empty. Say you have the following xml structure: <root> <username> <![CDATA[ Text you want to escape goes here... ]]> </username> </root> When parsing that with SimpleXml the end result will simply be an empty tag: <root> <username> </username> </root> To solve this you need to [...]