Translates a simpleXML object into a standard PHP object.

simpleXML_to_object.php

<?php
/*
 * Translate a non-standard object into an associative array object.
 * Super-useful for dealing with simplexml objects.
 */
function simpleXML_to_object($obj)
{
  $data = new StdClass();
    if(
		(is_object($obj) && get_class($obj) == 'SimpleXMLElement')
	)
	{
		/*
		 * Loop through the children
		 */
		if (count($obj->children()))
		{
			foreach ($obj as $key => $value)
			{
				/*
				 * If this is actually an array, treat it as such.
				 * This sort of thing is what makes simpleXML a pain to use.
				 */
				if (count($obj->$key) > 1)
				{
					if(!isset($data->$key) || !is_array($data->$key))
					{
						$data->$key = array();
					}
					array_push($data->$key, simpleXML_to_object($value));
				}
				else
				{
					$data->$key = simpleXML_to_object($value);
				}
			}
		}

		if (count($obj->attributes()))
		{
			foreach ($obj->attributes() as $key => $value)
			{
				$data->$key = (string) $value;
			}
		}
		/*
		 * If we have no attributes and no children, treat this as a string.
		 */
		if (count(get_object_vars($data)) == 0)
		{
			$data = (string) $obj;
		}
		elseif (strlen( (string) $obj ))
		{
			$data->value = (string) $obj;
		}

	}
	elseif (is_array($obj))
	{
		foreach($obj as $key => $value)
		{
			$data->$key = simpleXML_to_object($value);
		}
	}
	else {
		$data = (string) $obj;
	}

	return $data;
}