[Typo3-dev] t3lib_div::xml2array() and collections

[Jerome]

Hello,

I'm using an XML file in my extension.
I use t3lib_div::xml2array() to get an array containing the structure of the 
XML.

But I have a problem : the function gets rid of my collections.
Ex:

----------------------------------

  $xml = "<root>
    <sometag>hello</sometag>
    <items>
        <item>first item</item>
        <item>second item</item>
        <item>third item</item>
   </items>
</root>";

print_r(t3lib_div::xml2array($xml));

----------------------------------

==> prints :

Array
(
    [sometag] => hello
    [items] => Array
        (
            [item] => third item
        )
)

while I was expecting something like this ( maybe I'm wrong )

Array
(
    [sometag] => hello
    [items] => Array
        (
            [0] => first item
            [1] => second item
            [2] => third item
        )
)

but then I get no information about the name of the tag ( item )

Or maybe something like macmade did in tx_apimacmade::div_xml2array() ( I 
don't talk here about the root tag, it's ok )

Array
(
    [root] => Array
        (
            [sometag] => hello
            [items] => Array
                (
                    [item] => first item
                    [item-1] => second item
                    [item-2] => third item
                )
        )
)

Does anybody has an idea on how to store xml in an assoc array as close as 
possible to the original structure ?
IMHO, t3lib_div::xml2array() doesn't do it at best, cause collections are 
frequently used in xml files.


Voila :)
Jerome Schneider