Question amout mtownsend/request-xml (XML to array) plugin

Have a question about mtownsend/request-xml (XML to array) plugin. So, plugin makes XML file to array. I use it in my Laravel projects and there is several reason, because I need exact it, but here is one problem.

Have two simple XML files

first file oneitem.xml with one item <flat> into <post>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>  <data>      <post>          <flat>              <roms>4</roms>              <baths>2</baths>          </flat>      </post>  </data>  

second file severalitems.xml one with several items <flat> into <post>:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>  <data>      <post>          <flat>              <roms>4</roms>              <baths>2</baths>          </flat>          <flat>              <roms>5</roms>              <baths>1</baths>          </flat>          <flat>              <roms>7</roms>              <baths>3</baths>          </flat>      </post>  </data>  

Then, I use a simple code to make an array from this files, and show the result array for each:

$xmlone = XmlToArray::convert(file_get_contents('public/xml/test/oneitem.xml'));  $oneflat = $xmlone['post'];  print_r($oneflat);    $xmlseveral = XmlToArray::convert(file_get_contents('public/xml/test/severalitems.xml'));  $severalflats = $xmlseveral['post'];  print_r($severalflats);  

If we try to make an array from first file (with one flat), and find all we have in posts we have this result:

Array ( [flat] => Array ( [roms] => 4 [baths] => 2 ) )

If we do the same in second file (with several `flat), we have this result

Array ( [flat] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [roms] => 4 [baths] => 2 ) [1] => Array ( [roms] => 5 [baths] => 1 ) [2] => Array ( [roms] => 7 [baths] => 3 ) )

So, if we have several items, plugin adds a additional arrays with keys, [0], [1], [2].... I need to do it the same, even there is just one item flat into posts. So the results have same formats.

I know, that it makes plugin. If plugin see, that there is just one flat in post, he makes result array simple.

The code of main file of plugin is here, but I cant understand, which lines do it...

Thanks for your help

public static function convert($xml, $outputRoot = false)      {          $array = self::xmlStringToArray($xml);          if (!$outputRoot && array_key_exists('@root', $array)) {              unset($array['@root']);          }          return $array;      }        protected static function xmlStringToArray($xmlstr)      {          $doc = new DOMDocument();          $doc->loadXML($xmlstr);          $root = $doc->documentElement;          $output = self::domNodeToArray($root);          $output['@root'] = $root->tagName;          return $output;      }        protected static function domNodeToArray($node)      {          $output = [];          switch ($node->nodeType) {              case XML_CDATA_SECTION_NODE:              case XML_TEXT_NODE:                  $output = trim($node->textContent);                  break;              case XML_ELEMENT_NODE:                  for ($i = 0, $m = $node->childNodes->length; $i < $m; $i++) {                      $child = $node->childNodes->item($i);                      $v = self::domNodeToArray($child);                      if (isset($child->tagName)) {                          $t = $child->tagName;                          if (!isset($output[$t])) {                              $output[$t] = [];                          }                          $output[$t][] = $v;                      } elseif ($v || $v === '0') {                          $output = (string) $v;                      }                  }                  if ($node->attributes->length && !is_array($output)) { // Has attributes but isn't an array                      $output = ['@content' => $output]; // Change output into an array.                    }                  if (is_array($output)) {                      if ($node->attributes->length) {                          $a = [];                          foreach ($node->attributes as $attrName => $attrNode) {                              $a[$attrName] = (string) $attrNode->value;                              }                          $output['@attributes'] = $a;                        }                      foreach ($output as $t => $v) {                            if (is_array($v) && count($v) == 1 && $t != '@attributes') {                              $output[$t] = $v[0];                          }                      }                  }                  break;          }          return $output;      }  }  

** Thanks for your help!**

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65821378/question-amout-mtownsend-request-xml-xml-to-array-plugin January 21, 2021 at 12:53PM