XML parsing

gistfile1.txt

$file_path = drupal_get_path('module', 'cc_ingestion_engine') . '/xml/cbindicators_revised.xml';
  include($file_path . '/cc_ingestion_engine.module');
  $content = utf8_encode(file_get_contents($file_path));
  $xml = simplexml_load_string($content);
  $areas_xml_object = $xml->areas;
  $charts_xml_object = $xml->charts;
  $chart_types = $xml->chart_types;
  $definition_sources_xml_object = $xml->definitionsources;
  $indicators_xml_object = $xml->indicators;
  $measures_xml_object = $xml->measures;
  $populations_xml_object = $xml->populations;

  // Convert areas xml to PHP array
  $areas = json_encode($areas_xml_object);
  $areas = json_decode($areas, TRUE);