PHP XML lib similar to SimpleXML?

robmiller

robmiller

robmiller

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Does anyone know of any decent XML (un)serialization libraries out there that work like SimpleXML but... aren't SimpleXML? I'm having a hard time tracking down anything remotely decent, and I really don't want to have to write my own.

Things I'm looking for:

  • PHP 5 and 4 compatability. Definitely not either-or. This casts out Keith Devens' library, which is a shame because otherwise it's quite nice.
  • Object unserialization if possible, a la SimpleXML - if only because $foo->bar->lol is easier to both read and write than $foo['bar']['lol'].
  • Portability - if possible, just a single include - this throws out PEAR XML_(Un)serialize, since they require loads of PEAR stuff to be installed which I can't rely on.

Anyone know of anything good? It seems like it would be the easiest thing in the world to do but nobody seems to want to write it :(
 
I've had a look at all the ones I heard of, and they either use the $foo['bar']['lol'] structure, or are PHP5 only.

Have you tried writing a recursive function to convert from array to object? And would that be acceptable if you did have it?
 
If I could find a decent one that unserialized to an array, I'd either live with that or write the conversion, but as it is I can't even find that :(
 
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