class ArrayToXML { /** * The main function for converting to an XML document. * Pass in a multi dimensional array and this recrusively loops through and builds up an XML document. * * @param array $data * @param string $rootNodeName - what you want the root node to be - defaultsto data. * @param SimpleXMLElement $xml - should only be used recursively * @return string XML */ public static function toXml($data, $rootNodeName = 'data', $xml=null) { // turn off compatibility mode as simple xml throws a wobbly if you don't. if (ini_get('zend.ze1_compatibility_mode') == 1) { ini_set ('zend.ze1_compatibility_mode', 0); } if ($xml == null) { $xml = simplexml_load_string("<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><$rootNodeName />"); } // loop through the data passed in. foreach($data as $key => $value) { // no numeric keys in our xml please! if (is_numeric($key)) { // make string key... $key = "unknownNode_". (string) $key; } // replace anything not alpha numeric $key = preg_replace('/[^a-z]/i', '', $key); // if there is another array found recrusively call this function if (is_array($value)) { $node = $xml->addChild($key); // recrusive call. ArrayToXML::toXml($value, $rootNodeName, $node); } else { // add single node. $value = htmlentities($value); $xml->addChild($key,$value); } } // pass back as string. or simple xml object if you want! return $xml->asXML(); } }

function arrtoxml($arr,$dom=0,$item=0){ if (!$dom){ $dom = new DOMDocument("1.0"); } if(!$item){ $item = $dom->createElement("root"); $dom->appendChild($item); } foreach ($arr as $key=>$val){ $itemx = $dom->createElement(is_string($key)?$key:"item"); $item->appendChild($itemx); if (!is_array($val)){ $text = $dom->createTextNode($val); $itemx->appendChild($text); }else { arrtoxml($val,$dom,$itemx); } } return $dom->saveXML(); }

<? $elementLevel = 0 ; function array_Xml($array, $keys = '') { global $elementLevel; if(!is_array($array)) { if($keys == ''){ return $array; }else{ return "\n<$keys>" . $array . "</$keys>"; } }else{ foreach ($array as $key => $value) { $haveTag = true; if (is_numeric($key)) { $key = $keys; $haveTag = false; } /** * The first element */ if($elementLevel == 0 ) { $startElement = "<$key>"; $endElement = "</$key>"; } $text .= $startElement."\n"; /** * Other elements */ if(!$haveTag) { $elementLevel++; $text .= "<$key>" . array_Xml($value, $key). "</$key>\n"; }else{ $elementLevel++; $text .= array_Xml($value, $key); } $text .= $endElement."\n"; } } return $text; } ?>

<? $array = array( "employees" => array( "employee" => array( array( "name" => "name one", "position" => "position one" ), array( "name" => "name two", "position" => "position two" ), array( "name" => "name three", "position" => "position three" ) ) ) ); echo array_Xml($array); ?>