A little mod to a function posted here...
function xml_to_array( $file )
{
$parser = xml_parser_create();
xml_parser_set_option( $parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, 0 );
xml_parser_set_option( $parser, XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE, 1 );
xml_parse_into_struct( $parser, file_get_contents($file), $tags );
xml_parser_free( $parser );
$elements = array();
$stack = array();
foreach ( $tags as $tag )
{
$index = count( $elements );
if ( $tag['type'] == "complete" || $tag['type'] == "open" )
{
$elements[$index] = array();
$elements[$index]['name'] = $tag['tag'];
$elements[$index]['attributes'] = $tag['attributes'];
$elements[$index]['content'] = $tag['value'];
if ( $tag['type'] == "open" )
{ # push
$elements[$index]['children'] = array();
$stack[count($stack)] = &$elements;
$elements = &$elements[$index]['children'];
}
}
if ( $tag['type'] == "close" )
{ # pop
$elements = &$stack[count($stack) - 1];
unset($stack[count($stack) - 1]);
}
}
return $elements[0];
}