json_decode/encode on simplexmlelement adds arrays instead of empty strings

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when loading an xml document and converting to an array using

json_decode(json_encode(simplexml_load_string($xml)), 1);

All empty xml nodes (<node />) are converted to array() I would like them to be an empty string instead. Do I need to go through all elements and replace each empty node with something else?

I am loading the xml document with $xml = new SimpleXmlElement($this->feed_uri, LIBXML_NOBLANKS | LIBXML_NOEMPTYTAG , true);

Community · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-17 20:23:29Z

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You can not accomplish that automatically. So you would need to replace empty arrays with empty strings after the conversion.

By the way, LIBXML_NOEMPTYTAG makes no sense here:

This option is currently just available in the DOMDocument::save and DOMDocument::saveXML functions. https://www.php.net/manual/en/libxml.constants.php

edited Nov 17, 2023 at 20:23

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vortextangent Over a year ago

bleh, that sucks. the libxml_noemptytag was a last ditch effort I did read the docs but figured, just in case I'd try it, and thought maybe it may spark some creativity in someone.

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