Simple XML Converter Package for PHP

The XML Converter Package for PHP by Novak Urošević provides a simple helper to convert XML data into JSON and PHP arrays. Given an XML string, you can use the xmlToJson() and xmlToArray() methods to convert to the desired format:

$xml = <<<XML
<book xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="book.xsd">
    <title><![CDATA[The Great Gatsby]]></title>
    <author>F. Scott Fitzgerald</author>
    <year>1925</year>
</book>
XML;
 
$json = Convert::xmlToJson($xml, true, true, '/path/to/book.xsd');
$arr  = Convert::xmlToArray($xml);
 
// Example will all options
Convert::xmlToArray(
    $xmlString,
    namespace_in_tag_name: true,
    is_cdata: true,
    schema_path: '/path/to/schema.xsd' // or '' to enable DTD validation
);

This package primarily consists of a single PHP class that you can use to convert XML. Although this package defines a Laravel service provider, the methods for converting data are static and should be used directly with the Convert class.

#Main Features

• Convert XML strings to JSON and PHP arrays
• DTD and XSD validation
• Namespace tagging
• CDATA handling
• Error handling for schema validation
• Handle CDATA and empty tags gracefully

You can learn more about this package, get full installation instructions, and view the source code on GitHub.

Related: If you need an XML package with read and write functionality, consider XML Wrangler