PHP: XML -> Associative Array

xmlParse.php

<?php
	/*
		Parse XML feed => Assocative Array
	*/

    //*----------------------------------DEBUG ----------------------------------------*/
	error_reporting(E_ALL);
	ini_set("display_errors", 1);
	//*----------------------------------DEBUG ----------------------------------------*/

	function objectsIntoArray($arrObjData, $arrSkipIndices = array())
	{
	    $arrData = array();

	    // if input is object, convert into array
	    if (is_object($arrObjData)) {
	        $arrObjData = get_object_vars($arrObjData);
	    }

	    if (is_array($arrObjData)) {
	        foreach ($arrObjData as $index => $value) {
	            if (is_object($value) || is_array($value)) {
	                $value = objectsIntoArray($value, $arrSkipIndices); // recursive call
	            }
	            if (in_array($index, $arrSkipIndices)) {
	                continue;
	            }
	            $arrData[$index] = $value;
	        }
	    }
	    return $arrData;
	}

	$xmlUrl = "http://showcase.xmlteam.com/index.php/documents/fetch/fixture/event-stats/l/l.mlb.com/publisher/sportsnetwork.com/stylesheet"; // XML feed file/URL
	$xmlStr = file_get_contents($xmlUrl);
	$xmlObj = simplexml_load_string($xmlStr);
	$arrXml = objectsIntoArray($xmlObj);
	echo '<pre>';
	echo print_r($arrXml['sports-content']);
	//print_r($arrXml);
?>