<div class="codebody" id="code53414"> class ArrayToXML { / The main function for converting to an XML document. Pass in a multi dimensional array and this recrusively loops through and builds up an XML document. @param array $data @param string $rootNodeName - what you want the root node to be - defaultsto data. @param SimpleXMLElement $xml - should only be used recursively @return string XML / public static function toXml($data,$rootNodeName = 'data',$xml=null) { // turn off compatibility mode as simple xml throws a wobbly if you don't. if (ini_get('zend.ze1_compatibility_mode') == 1) { ini_set ('zend.ze1_compatibility_mode',0); } if ($xml == null) { $xml = simplexml_load_string("<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><$rootNodeName />"); } // loop through the data passed in. foreach($data as $key => $value) { // no numeric keys in our xml please! if (is_numeric($key)) { // make string key... $key = "unkNownNode_". (string) $key; } // replace anything not alpha numeric $key = preg_replace('/[^a-z]/i','',$key); // if there is another array found recrusively call this function if (is_array($value)) { $node = $xml->addChild($key); // recrusive call. ArrayToXML::toXml($value,$rootNodeName,$node); } else { // add single node. $value = htmlentities($value); $xml->addChild($key,$value); } } // pass back as string. or simple xml object if you want! return $xml->asXML(); } }