xml_to_array

function xml_to_array($xml){//0JDQstGC0L7RgDoKSUNROjU1NTc3Nzk4MyBza3lwZTphb2xucDE=
  $parser = xml_parser_create();
  xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, 0);
  xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE, 1);
  xml_parse_into_struct($parser, $xml, $tags);
  xml_parser_free($parser);
    $elements=array();
    $uk=&$elements;
      foreach ($tags as $tag) {
          if ($tag['type'] == "complete" || $tag['type'] == "open"){
            if(($tag['type'] == "complete")||($tag['value'])){
            $uk[$tag['tag']][]=$tag['value'];
            }
            if ($tag['type'] == "open"){
            $parent[$tag['level']]=&$uk;
            $uk=&$uk[$tag['tag']];}
          }
          if ($tag['type'] == "close"){
      $uk=&$parent[$tag['level']];
    }
}
return $elements;
}
//2 v
function xml_to_array($xml) {
          $parser = xml_parser_create();
          xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, 0);
          xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE, 1);
          xml_parse_into_struct($parser, $xml, $tags);
          xml_parser_free($parser);
          $elements = array();  // the currently filling [child] XmlElement array
          $stack = array();
          foreach ($tags as $tag) {
            $index = count($elements);
            if ($tag['type'] == "complete" || $tag['type'] == "open") {
              $elements[$index]['name'] = $tag['tag'];
              if(isset($tag['attributes']))$elements[$index]['attributes'] = $tag['attributes'];
              if(isset($tag['value']))$elements[$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;  // the single top-level element
        }
//3
$xml = simplexml_load_string($xml, "SimpleXMLElement", LIBXML_NOCDATA);
$json = json_encode($xml);
$array = json_decode($json,TRUE);