The documentation is a bit sparse for SimpleXmlIterator. Here is an example showing the use of its methods. xml2Array and sxiToArray work together to convert an XML document to an associative array structure.
The contents of cats.xml:
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<cats>
<cat>
<name>Jack</name>
<age>2</age>
<color>grey</color>
<color>white</color>
</cat>
<cat>
<name>Maxwell</name>
<age>12</age>
<color>orange</color>
<color>black</color>
</cat>
</cats>
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<?php
function xml2array($fname){
$sxi = new SimpleXmlIterator($fname, null, true);
return sxiToArray($sxi);
}
function sxiToArray($sxi){
$a = array();
for( $sxi->rewind(); $sxi->valid(); $sxi->next() ) {
if(!array_key_exists($sxi->key(), $a)){
$a[$sxi->key()] = array();
}
if($sxi->hasChildren()){
$a[$sxi->key()][] = sxiToArray($sxi->current());
}
else{
$a[$sxi->key()][] = strval($sxi->current());
}
}
return $a;
}
// Read cats.xml and print the results:
$catArray = xml2array('cats.xml');
print_r($catArray);
?>
Results (reformatted a bit for compactness and clarity):
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Array(
[cat] => Array(
[0] => Array(
[name] => Array( [0] => Jack )
[age] => Array( [0] => 2 )
[color] => Array( [0] => grey,
[1] => white )
)
[1] => Array(
[name] => Array( [0] => Maxwell )
[age] => Array( [0] => 12 )
[color] => Array( [0] => orange
[1] => black )
)
)
)
A classe SimpleXMLIterator
Introdução
...
Sinopse da classe
SimpleXMLIterator
SimpleXMLIterator
extends
SimpleXMLElement
implements
RecursiveIterator
,
Traversable
,
Iterator
,
Countable
{
/* Métodos */
}Índice
- SimpleXMLIterator::current — Retorna o elemento atual do SimpleXML
- SimpleXMLIterator::getChildren — Retorna um iterador para o elemento atual se ele for um objeto SimpleXML
- SimpleXMLIterator::hasChildren — Retorna se o elemento atual é um objeto SimpleXML
- SimpleXMLIterator::key — Retorna a chave atual do SimpleXML
- SimpleXMLIterator::next — Avança para o próximo elemento
- SimpleXMLIterator::rewind — Recomeça o SimpleXML
- SimpleXMLIterator::valid — Verifica se o SimpleXML possui mais elementos
SimpleXMLIterator
ratfactor at gmail dot com
20-Jul-2009 12:08
20-Jul-2009 12:08
David Lanstein
18-Jan-2009 02:40
18-Jan-2009 02:40
Unlike the DirectoryIterator, for one, you'll need to call $it->rewind() before using the iterator in a for() or while() loop. Calling foreach() does rewind the iterator before iteration.
