Convert a multidimensional array to an XML object in PHP [duplicate]

Question

I have a multidimensional array like this:

$array = array(

    "hello" => "hola",

    "another_array" => array(
        "key" => "best key ever",
        "another" => "yes, another key",
     ),

    "coolarray" => array(
        "bool" => true,
        "string" => "this is a string!",
    ),
);

I want a class like this:

class MyClass {

    public $array;

    public function __construct($array) {
        // something
        $this->array_to_xml($array);
    }

    public function array_to_xml($array) {
        // convert array to xml
    }

Then I want to be able to do things like this:

$string = $this->array->coolarray->string;

How can I do that?

@Martijn I have tried 3 of the answers in that and I still don't know how to use it as an object like this: $string = $this->array->coolarray->string; — James
– James, Commented Feb 10, 2014 at 17:52

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:29:13Z

1

This gets asked a lot

Not sure why you mention XML, sounds like you just want an object.

See this answer for example: https://stackoverflow.com/a/11854285/543455

$obj = json_decode(json_encode($array));

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4 Comments

James Over a year ago

Never used JSON before. I'll give that a go. I mentioned XML because I'm making my own version of an open-source project which uses XML conversion. I tried to modify it and I broke it.

James Over a year ago

Update: It's saying that I'm trying to get a property of a non-object.

ozahorulia Over a year ago

Okay, this is very bad practie. Look at this answer: stackoverflow.com/a/4790485/801496 It's much better way.

edmondscommerce Over a year ago

I'm reserving judgement on the bad practice call. Two built in function calls versus recursive user land functions, I'm honestly not sure what is the best approach and i suspect it largely depends on the array you are converting

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