php-XML-to-SimpleXMLElement-to-JSON-to-Array.php

$xml_string = '
<getHotelAvailRequest>
            <destination>130336</destination>
            <checkin>14-02-2015</checkin>
            <checkout>16-02-2015</checkout>
            <nationality>136</nationality>
            <listrooms>
               <item>
                  <count>2</count>
                  <adults>1</adults>
                  <children>1</children>
                  <childrenages>
                     <item><age>1</age>
                     </item>
                  </childrenages>
               </item>

               <item>
                  <count>1</count>
                  <adults>2</adults>
                  <children>1</children>
                  <childrenages>
                     <item><age>1</age></item>
                  </childrenages>
               </item>
            </listrooms>
            <language>en</language>
         </getHotelAvailRequest>
';

/*
ENT_QUOTES - Encodes double and single quotes
*/
echo "FILE: ",__FILE__,"<br>LINE: ", __LINE__,"<pre>", htmlspecialchars($xmlString, ENT_QUOTES); echo "</pre>";


/* Convert XML string to SimpleXMLElement Object */
$simple_xml_object = simplexml_load_string($xml_string);
echo "FILE: ",__FILE__,"<br>LINE: ", __LINE__,"<pre>"; print_r($simple_xml_object); echo "</pre>";


/* Convert to json string*/
$json = json_encode($simple_xml_object);
echo "FILE: ",__FILE__,"<br>LINE: ", __LINE__,"<pre>"; print_r($json); echo "</pre>";


/*
 Convert to array.
 TRUE: delete objects
 */
$array = json_decode($json, TRUE);
echo "FILE: ",__FILE__,"<br>LINE: ", __LINE__,"<pre>"; print_r($array); echo "</pre>";