Quickly convert simpleXMLObject to STDClass?

Question

Does anybody know a quick way to convert a SimpleXMLElement to a normal STDClass object, without iterating through each branch manually? I would feel better working with a normal object after fetching the data.

Answer 1

$my_std_class = json_decode(json_encode($my_simplexmlelement)); $my_assoc_array = json_decode(json_encode($my_simplexmlelement), true); 

Answer 2

I suggest looking into using XMLReader, which lends itself well to extracting data and storing it as whatever data type one wishes, instead of SimpleXML. It's especially good for regularly-used documents (I use it, extended as RSSReader, for RSS), is much faster than might be expected, and as a bonus uses less memory than SimpleXML.