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.Â
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>manoj@gmail.com</email> <password>Test@123</password> <dob/> <gender>0</gender> </row> <row> <id>4050</id> <name>pankaj</name> <email>p1@gmail.com</email> <password>Test@123</password> <gender>0</gender> </row> <row> <id>3050</id> <name>Neeraj1993</name> <email>neeraj.singh@adequateinfosoft.com</email> <password>286956</password> <gender>0</gender> </row> <row> <id>3049</id> <name>Sophia</name> <email>sophia@gmail.com</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>raju.nsit@gmail.com</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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