In this post, we will learn how to convert XML to JSON. We can convert XML to JSON by using PHP inbuilt function. These functions are simplexml_load_file and json_encode.
What is simplexml_load_file?
This function converts an XML file into an object. It accepts the absolute path of an XML file as a parameter, converts it into an object of the SimpleXMLElement class, and returns it.
What is json_encode?
It returns the JSON representation of a value. It is used to convert an array or object into JSON representation.
Let us see the below example to convert XML to JSON.
Create an XML like the below.
<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″ ?>
<root>
<row>
<id>4051</id>
<name>manoj</name>
<email>[email protected]</email>
<password>Test@123</password>
<dob/>
<gender>0</gender>
</row>
<row>
<id>4050</id>
<name>pankaj</name>
<email>[email protected]</email>
<password>Test@123</password>
<gender>0</gender>
</row>
<row>
<id>3050</id>
<name>Neeraj1993</name>
<email>[email protected]</email>
<password>286956</password>
<gender>0</gender>
</row>
<row>
<id>3049</id>
<name>Sophia</name>
<email>[email protected]</email>
<password>Test@123</password>
<dob>2019-12-19T11:54:19</dob>
<gender>2</gender>
</row>
<row>
<id>3048</id>
<name>Raju Prasad</name>
<email>[email protected]</email>
<password>Raju@1234</password>
<dob>2019-12-01T01:55:34</dob>
<gender>1</gender>
</row>
</root>
Create a PHP file and add the below code.
<?php
$obj = simplexml_load_file(‘filename.xml’);
$data = json_encode($xmlObject, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
print_r($data);
?>
Above are the steps to convert XML to JSON in PHP.
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