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<?php
namespace Guillermoandrae\Highrise\Helpers;
use Guillermoandrae\Common\Collection;
use Guillermoandrae\Common\CollectionInterface;
use SimpleXMLElement;
final class Xml
{
/**
* Converts an XML string into either an associative array or an array of
* associative arrays.
*
* @param string $xml The XML string.
* @return array|CollectionInterface
*/
public static function parse(string $xml)
libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
if (!$obj = simplexml_load_string($xml)) {
return [];
}
if ($obj->attributes()) {
$items = [];
foreach ($obj->children() as $child) {
$items[] = static::flatten($child);
return Collection::make($items);
return (array) static::flatten($obj);
* Removes attributes from SimpleXMLElement objects.
* @param SimpleXMLElement $item The SimpleXMLElement object.
* @return array
public static function flatten(SimpleXMLElement $item)
$parsedItem = [];
foreach ($item as $key => $value) {
$parsedItem[$key] = (string) $value;
return $parsedItem;
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