PHP XML to Array with Attributes and Values

I have an XML which have attributes as well as values in them. I want to convert it to an Array or Array Object along with attributes and values.

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<itemBody>
<div label="options">
<optionchoices optionIdentifier="RESPONSE" shuffle="false" maxOptions="1">
<choice identifier="A1"><![CDATA[aaaa]]></choice>
<choice identifier="A2"><![CDATA[bbbb]]></choice>
<choice identifier="A3"><![CDATA[cccc]]></choice>
</optionchoices>
</div>
</itemBody>

I tried two set of code but the result was not as expected.

Code 1

<?php
$xml = simplexml_load_file('test.xml', 'SimpleXMLElement', LIBXML_NOCDATA);
echo "<pre>";print_r($xml);echo "</pre>"; exit;
?>

Output

SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[div] => SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[@attributes] => Array
(
[label] => options
)
[optionchoices] => SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[@attributes] => Array
(
[optionIdentifier] => RESPONSE
[shuffle] => false
[maxOptions] => 1
)
[choice] => Array
(
[0] => aaaa
[1] => bbbb
[2] => cccc
)
)
)
)

In the above output if we check then in choice node we get the values only and not the attributes

Code 2

<?php
$xml = simplexml_load_file('test.xml');
echo "<pre>";print_r($xml);echo "</pre>"; exit;
?>

Output

SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[div] => SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[@attributes] => Array
(
[label] => options
)
[optionchoices] => SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[@attributes] => Array
(
[optionIdentifier] => RESPONSE
[shuffle] => false
[maxOptions] => 1
)
[choice] => Array
(
[0] => SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[@attributes] => Array
(
[identifier] => A1
)
)
[1] => SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[@attributes] => Array
(
[identifier] => A2
)
)
[2] => SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[@attributes] => Array
(
[identifier] => A3
)
)
)
)
)
)

In this output we get only attributes of XML.

Now what I want is to obtain Attributes as well as Values of the XML.

Please help.

Thanks in advance.

 

Thanks to all those who checked out this topic and either trying for solution or left it as it is.

I got a solution for this and this is what I expected.

http://outlandish.com/blog/xml-to-json/