我知道我晚了10亿年，但我遇到了和您一样的问题，需要一个更复杂的解决方案，因此我制作了一个函数(xml_decode())，将SimpleXMLElements转换为PHP数组，同时不丢失属性，并带有参数，以便更可定制地使用。

val()函数用于自定义如何处理元素值——例如，如果您想将<elem>true</elem>转换为true而不是“true”。

免责声明:我知道只使用PHP SimpleXML扩展更容易，但我需要将许多XML文件转换为JSON文件，以便在我的一个项目中进行重大更改。此外，这个问题是关于如何将XML转换为PHP数组，而不是如何在PHP中使用XML。

<?php

function val($input) {
    return strval($input);
}

/**
 * Transform an SimpleXMLElement into an associative array.
 * 
 * @param SimpleXMLElement $xml The XML element to be decoded.
 * 
 * @param bool $attributes_key If the element attributes should be grouped into a single element.
 * 
 * Example: <elem foo="true" bar="false" />
 * 
 * If true, xml_decode() will output
 * array("attributes" => array("foo" => "true", "bar" => "false"))
 * 
 * If false, xml_decode() will output
 * array("foo" => "true", "bar" => "false")
 * 
 * @param bool $reduce If unecessary keys created due to XML structure should be eliminated.
 * 
 * Example: <fruits><fruit>apple</fruit><fruit>banana</fruit></fruits>
 * 
 * If true, xml_decode() will output the element as
 * array("fruits" => array(0 => "apple", 1 => "banana"))
 * 
 * If false, xml_decode() will output the element as
 * array("fruits" => array("fruit" => array(0 => "apple", 1 => "banana")))
 * 
 * @param array $always_array List of which childs should be treated aways as an array.
 * 
 * Example: <fruits><fruit>apple</fruit></fruits>
 * 
 * If array("fruit") is passed as $aways_array, xml_decode() will output the element as
 * array("fruits" => array("fruit" => array(0 => "apple")))
 * 
 * If not, xml_decode() will output the element as
 * array("fruits" => array("fruit" => "apple"))
 * 
 * @param array $value_keys List of custom element's value names. This argument is only
 * used when values need to passed as elements because of attributes or other reasons.
 * 
 * The default value key name is "value".
 * 
 * Example: <fruits><fruit id="123">apple</fruit></fruits>
 * 
 * If array("fruit" => "name) is passed as $value_keys, xml_decode() will output the element as
 * array("fruits" => array("fruit" => array("attributes" => array("id" => "123"), "name" => "apple")))
 * 
 * If not, xml_decode() will output the element as
 * array("fruits" => array("fruit" => array("attributes" => array("id" => "123"), "value" => "apple")))
 */
function xml_decode(SimpleXMLElement $xml, bool $attributes_key = true, bool $reduce = true,
    array $always_array = array(), array $value_keys = array()): string|array {

    // Inicialize the array.
    $arr = array();

    // XML tag name.
    $xml_name = $xml->getName();

    // Turn attributes into elements.
    foreach ($xml->attributes() as $key => $value) {
        // Use a key for attributes if $attributes_key argument is true.
        if ($attributes_key) {
            $arr['attributes'][val($key)] = val($value);
        } else {
            $arr[val($key)] = val($value);
        }
    }

    // Count children.
    $children_count = $xml->children()->count();

    // No children? Value will be text.
    if ($children_count == 0) {

        // If attributes were found and turned into elements
        // the value shall be an element.
        if (count($arr) > 0) {
            // If attributes were found previosly.
            $key = $value_keys[$xml_name] ?? $value_keys['*'] ?? "value";
            $arr[$key] = val($xml);
        // Else, no need for an array.
        } else {
            $arr = val($xml);
        }

    // Children? Loop continues.
    } else {

        // Defines if there are unecessary array keys - due to the XML structure - to be cut.
        // Example: <fruits><fruit /><fruit /><fruits />
        // could be turned into arr['fruits'][0] and arr['fruits'][1] instead of
        // arr['fruits']['fruit'][0] and arr['fruits']['fruit'][1] for a
        // cleaner organization.
        $children_names = array();
        foreach ($xml->children() as $child) {
            $child_name = $child->getName();
            in_array($child_name, $children_names) or $children_names[] = $child_name;
        }
        $reducible = empty($arr) && count($children_names) === 1;

        foreach ($xml->children() as $child) {

            // Child's name shall be the element key.
            $name = $child->getName();
            
            // Children with the same name will be turned into a list.
            // Example: $arr['repeating-child'][...] = $value;
            if ($xml->$name->count() > 1 || in_array($name, $always_array)) {

                // Reduction, if possible and requested by the $reduce argument.
                if ($reduce && $reducible) {
                    $arr[] = xml_decode($child, $attributes_key, $reduce, $always_array, $value_keys);
                } else {
                    $arr[$name][] = xml_decode($child, $attributes_key, $reduce, $always_array, $value_keys);
                }

            // Normal children will be normally decoded.
            // Example: $arr['no-repeating-child] = $value;
            } else {
                
                $arr[$name] = xml_decode($child, $attributes_key, $reduce, $always_array, $value_keys);

            }
        }
    }

    return $arr;

}

恢复所有文档和注释，函数将属性和元素值转换为简单的数组元素，并使用自身的循环来处理包含子元素的元素。

这些参数允许你:

将属性分组为单独的键; 删除由于XML结构转换而产生的不必要的键(例如:fruits->fruit to $arr['fruits']['fruit'][n]); 设置应该被视为列表的元素(因为有时它只有一个子元素，但你仍然需要它是一个列表); 为数组元素键设置一个名称，它将表示XML元素文本值——当属性转换为数组元素时将需要这个值。

XML元素的使用示例(我认为你在11年后已经解决了这个问题，但我正在回答这个问题，所以……):

test.xml

<test>
    <aaaa Version="1.0">
        <bbb>
            <cccc>
                <dddd Id="id:pass" />
                <eeee name="hearaman" age="24" />
            </cccc>
        </bbb>
    </aaaa>
</test>

PHP

$xml = simplexml_load_file("test.xml");
$decode = xml_decode($xml);
echo "<pre>" . print_r($decode,true) . "</pre>";

输出

Array
(
    [aaaa] => Array
        (
            [attributes] => Array
                (
                    [Version] => 1.0
                )

            [bbb] => Array
                (
                    [cccc] => Array
                        (
                            [dddd] => Array
                                (
                                    [attributes] => Array
                                        (
                                            [Id] => id:pass
                                        )

                                    [value] => 
                                )

                            [eeee] => Array
                                (
                                    [attributes] => Array
                                        (
                                            [name] => hearaman
                                            [age] => 24
                                        )

                                    [value] => 
                                )

                        )

                )

        )

)

另一个选择是SimpleXML扩展(我相信它是大多数php安装的标配)。

http://php.net/manual/en/book.simplexml.php

在您的示例中，语法看起来像这样

$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlString);
echo $xml->bbb->cccc->dddd['Id'];
echo $xml->bbb->cccc->eeee['name'];
// or...........
foreach ($xml->bbb->cccc as $element) {
  foreach($element as $key => $val) {
   echo "{$key}: {$val}";
  }
}

两行代码(https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.simplexml.php#113485)

$xml = new SimpleXMLElement("<your><xml><string>ok</string></xml></your>");
$array = (array)$xml;

XML到数组

详情请访问https://github.com/sapankumarmohanty/lamp/blob/master/Crate-XML-2-Array

//将XML转换为数组，将SOAP XML转换为数组

function xml2array($contents, $get_attributes = 1, $priority = 'tag')
    {
        if (!$contents) return array();
        if (!function_exists('xml_parser_create')) {
            // print "'xml_parser_create()' function not found!";
            return array();
        }
        // Get the XML parser of PHP - PHP must have this module for the parser to work
        $parser = xml_parser_create('');
        xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_TARGET_ENCODING, "UTF-8"); // http://minutillo.com/steve/weblog/2004/6/17/php-xml-and-character-encodings-a-tale-of-sadness-rage-and-data-loss
        xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, 0);
        xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE, 1);
        xml_parse_into_struct($parser, trim($contents) , $xml_values);
        xml_parser_free($parser);
        if (!$xml_values) return; //Hmm...
        // Initializations
        $xml_array = array();
        $parents = array();
        $opened_tags = array();
        $arr = array();
        $current = & $xml_array; //Refference
        // Go through the tags.
        $repeated_tag_index = array(); //Multiple tags with same name will be turned into an array
        foreach($xml_values as $data) {
            unset($attributes, $value); //Remove existing values, or there will be trouble
            // This command will extract these variables into the foreach scope
            // tag(string), type(string), level(int), attributes(array).
            extract($data); //We could use the array by itself, but this cooler.
            $result = array();
            $attributes_data = array();
            if (isset($value)) {
                if ($priority == 'tag') $result = $value;
                else $result['value'] = $value; //Put the value in a assoc array if we are in the 'Attribute' mode
            }
            // Set the attributes too.
            if (isset($attributes) and $get_attributes) {
                foreach($attributes as $attr => $val) {                                   
                                    if ( $attr == 'ResStatus' ) {
                                        $current[$attr][] = $val;
                                    }
                    if ($priority == 'tag') $attributes_data[$attr] = $val;
                    else $result['attr'][$attr] = $val; //Set all the attributes in a array called 'attr'
                }
            }
            // See tag status and do the needed.
                        //echo"<br/> Type:".$type;
            if ($type == "open") { //The starting of the tag '<tag>'
                $parent[$level - 1] = & $current;
                if (!is_array($current) or (!in_array($tag, array_keys($current)))) { //Insert New tag
                    $current[$tag] = $result;
                    if ($attributes_data) $current[$tag . '_attr'] = $attributes_data;
                                        //print_r($current[$tag . '_attr']);
                    $repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level] = 1;
                    $current = & $current[$tag];
                }
                else { //There was another element with the same tag name
                    if (isset($current[$tag][0])) { //If there is a 0th element it is already an array
                        $current[$tag][$repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level]] = $result;
                        $repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level]++;
                    }
                    else { //This section will make the value an array if multiple tags with the same name appear together
                        $current[$tag] = array(
                            $current[$tag],
                            $result
                        ); //This will combine the existing item and the new item together to make an array
                        $repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level] = 2;
                        if (isset($current[$tag . '_attr'])) { //The attribute of the last(0th) tag must be moved as well
                            $current[$tag]['0_attr'] = $current[$tag . '_attr'];
                            unset($current[$tag . '_attr']);
                        }
                    }
                    $last_item_index = $repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level] - 1;
                    $current = & $current[$tag][$last_item_index];
                }
            }
            elseif ($type == "complete") { //Tags that ends in 1 line '<tag />'
                // See if the key is already taken.
                if (!isset($current[$tag])) { //New Key
                    $current[$tag] = $result;
                    $repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level] = 1;
                    if ($priority == 'tag' and $attributes_data) $current[$tag . '_attr'] = $attributes_data;
                }
                else { //If taken, put all things inside a list(array)
                    if (isset($current[$tag][0]) and is_array($current[$tag])) { //If it is already an array...
                        // ...push the new element into that array.
                        $current[$tag][$repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level]] = $result;
                        if ($priority == 'tag' and $get_attributes and $attributes_data) {
                            $current[$tag][$repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level] . '_attr'] = $attributes_data;
                        }
                        $repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level]++;
                    }
                    else { //If it is not an array...
                        $current[$tag] = array(
                            $current[$tag],
                            $result
                        ); //...Make it an array using using the existing value and the new value
                        $repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level] = 1;
                        if ($priority == 'tag' and $get_attributes) {
                            if (isset($current[$tag . '_attr'])) { //The attribute of the last(0th) tag must be moved as well
                                $current[$tag]['0_attr'] = $current[$tag . '_attr'];
                                unset($current[$tag . '_attr']);
                            }
                            if ($attributes_data) {
                                $current[$tag][$repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level] . '_attr'] = $attributes_data;
                            }
                        }
                        $repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level]++; //0 and 1 index is already taken
                    }
                }
            }
            elseif ($type == 'close') { //End of tag '</tag>'
                $current = & $parent[$level - 1];
            }
        }
        return ($xml_array);
    }
    
    // Let's call the this above function xml2array
    
    xml2array($xmlContent, $get_attributes = 3, $priority = 'tag'); // it will work 100% if not ping me @skype: sapan.mohannty
    
//  Enjoy coding

我喜欢这个问题，一些答案对我很有帮助，但我需要将xml转换为一个支配数组，所以我将发布我的解决方案，也许以后有人需要它:

<?php
$xml = json_decode(json_encode((array)simplexml_load_string($xml)),1);
$finalItem = getChild($xml);
var_dump($finalItem);

function getChild($xml, $finalItem = []){
    foreach($xml as $key=>$value){
        if(!is_array($value)){
            $finalItem[$key] = $value;
        }else{
            $finalItem = getChild($value, $finalItem);
        }
    }
    return $finalItem;
}
?>  

奇怪的是没有人提到xml_parse_into_struct:

$simple = "<para><note>simple note</note></para>";
$p = xml_parser_create();
xml_parse_into_struct($p, $simple, $vals, $index);
xml_parser_free($p);
echo "Index array\n";
print_r($index);
echo "\nVals array\n";
print_r($vals);