Strip XML namespaces

index.php

<?php

// namespaces can be a pain in the ass, well NO LONGER!
function stripNamespaces($xml)
{
    return preg_replace([
        "/(\<(\w*|\-)*\:)/", // start node namespaces
        "/(\<(\/{0,1})(\w*|\-)*\:)/", // end node namespaces
        "/(\s\w*\:)/" // attribute namespaces
    ], [
        "<",
        "</",
        " "
    ], $xml);
}