How To Convert XML To Associative Array in PHP

Today, I need to convert the XML file into an associative array to store in variables. So I have done a lot of googling and found several methods/views and libraries to convert XML objects into Array, but in stack overflow - I have found below a simple script to convert XML into an array. I am using file_get_contents() php method to read xml file data into string. Also, checkout other related tutorials, Convert XML to Array in PHP Using XML2ArrayHow To Convert XSD into Array Using PHPHow To Convert XML To Associative Array In this tutorial, I will let you know how to convert XML into an array in PHP. Step 1: Sample XML file I have created the below xml sample.xml file, which will use to convert into an array using PHP. ben A h2o K h2o K Step 2: Convert sample.xml File Into StringNow, I will use file_get_contents() PHP method to read entire file into a string and store into $xmlfile variable. $xmlfile file_get_contents($path); Result: Step 3: Convert a string of XML into an Object, We have an XML file as a string, So Let's convert this XML string into Objects. I will use simplexml_load_string() php method to convert a string of XML into an object. $ob simplexml_load_string($xmlfile); Result: Step 4: Encode XML Object Into JSONI will encode the XML object into JSON, the below code will convert XML object into JSON string. $json json_encode($ob); Result: Step 5: Decode Json ObjectFinally, We will decode JSON to get an array from JSON string. $configData json_decode($json, true); Result: Full Source Code $path "sample.xml" $xmlfile file_get_contents($path); $ob simplexml_load_string($xmlfile); $json json_encode($ob); $configData json_decode($json, true); echo " ":print_r($configData);