Convert an XML string into an array via json_encode and json_decode.

gistfile1.txt

	/**
	 * Convert String to XML to JSON to Array
	 *
	 */
	private function xmlStringToArray( $str )
	{
			/** Load the string into xml. */
			$xml = simplexml_load_string( $str, "SimpleXMLElement", LIBXML_NOCDATA );

			/** Encode the xml as JSON */
			$json = json_encode( $xml );

			/** Decode the $json into an array */
			$arr = json_decode( $json, TRUE );

			/** Basic check */
			if ( is_array( $arr ) )
			{
				/** Return the array. */
				return $arr;
			}
			else
			{
				return false;
			}
	}