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how to decode xml in php

how to decode xml into an array in php

Here is a full example taking an xml string and converting it into a php array. 

PHP

$my_xml = '<toplevel>
<CompleteSuggestion>
<suggestion data="cats"/>
</CompleteSuggestion>
<CompleteSuggestion>
<suggestion data="cats for sale"/>
</CompleteSuggestion>
<CompleteSuggestion>
<suggestion data="cats for sale sydney"/>
</CompleteSuggestion>
<CompleteSuggestion>
<suggestion data="cats for sale parramatta"/>
</CompleteSuggestion>
<CompleteSuggestion>
<suggestion data="cats in the cradle"/>
</CompleteSuggestion>
<CompleteSuggestion>
<suggestion data="cats movie"/>
</CompleteSuggestion>
<CompleteSuggestion>
<suggestion data="cats and dogs"/>
</CompleteSuggestion>
<CompleteSuggestion>
<suggestion data="cats for adoption sydney"/>
</CompleteSuggestion>
<CompleteSuggestion>
<suggestion data="cats cast"/>
</CompleteSuggestion>
<CompleteSuggestion>
<suggestion data="cats meowing"/>
</CompleteSuggestion>
</toplevel>';

$xml = simplexml_load_string($my_xml, "SimpleXMLElement", LIBXML_NOCDATA);
$json = json_encode($xml);
$array = json_decode($json,TRUE);

echo "<pre>";
var_dump($array);
echo "</pre>";

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