将XML转换为具有属性名称的数组

Question

There are noumerous questions on converting XML to array, and simpliest method is as follows:

$data = unserialize(serialize(json_decode(json_encode((array)simplexml_load_string($dataXml)), 1)));

However, I cant get attributes names using this approach, and could not find any questions on SO, explaining how to do it.

Here is part of XML that I have:

<Object>
                <attribute name="Surname">Ярош</attribute>
                <attribute name="Name">Анна</attribute>
                <attribute name="Middle name">Григорьевна</attribute>
                <attribute name="Position">Торговый представитель розничных продаж</attribute>
                <attribute name="City">BAIKALSEA Company Иркутск</attribute>
                <attribute name="Division">Отдел продаж</attribute>
                <attribute name="Department">Продажи</attribute>
                <attribute name="Email">[e-mail]</attribute>
                <attribute name="MobPhone">79149274726</attribute>
                <attribute name="WorkPhone">-</attribute>
                <attribute name="Manager">Нет</attribute>
                <attribute name="HonoredWorker">Нет</attribute>
                <attribute name="Login">[e-mail]</attribute>
                <attribute name="Character">Пользователь</attribute>
        </Object>

And here is what I get converting it with encode/decode and simpleXml:

As you can see 'name' attribute and its value is lost. I need those name attributes and their values as well. Pls any help appreciated.

Answer 1

Ok, I finally found function, that converts XML to object, preserving namespaces, attributes, childs and so on:

function xmlObjToArr($obj) { 
        $namespace = $obj->getDocNamespaces(true); 
        $namespace[NULL] = NULL; 

        $children = array(); 
        $attributes = array(); 
        $name = strtolower((string)$obj->getName()); 

        $text = trim((string)$obj); 
        if( strlen($text) <= 0 ) { 
            $text = NULL; 
        } 

        // get info for all namespaces 
        if(is_object($obj)) { 
            foreach( $namespace as $ns=>$nsUrl ) { 
                // atributes 
                $objAttributes = $obj->attributes($ns, true); 
                foreach( $objAttributes as $attributeName => $attributeValue ) { 
                    $attribName = strtolower(trim((string)$attributeName)); 
                    $attribVal = trim((string)$attributeValue); 
                    if (!empty($ns)) { 
                        $attribName = $ns . ':' . $attribName; 
                    } 
                    $attributes[$attribName] = $attribVal; 
                } 

                // children 
                $objChildren = $obj->children($ns, true); 
                foreach( $objChildren as $childName=>$child ) { 
                    $childName = strtolower((string)$childName); 
                    if( !empty($ns) ) { 
                        $childName = $ns.':'.$childName; 
                    } 
                    $children[$childName][] = xmlObjToArr($child); 
                } 
            } 
        } 

        return array( 
            'name'=>$name, 
            'text'=>$text, 
            'attributes'=>$attributes, 
            'children'=>$children 
        ); 
    }