<?php
  //this multi-dimensional array will store the XML data
  $xml\_data\_array\; =\; array();$//the XML file to process
  file_name = 'example6-6.xml';
  
  //setup the parser and handlers
  $parser\; =\; xml\_parser\_create();\; xml\_set\_element\_handler($parser, "process_start", "process_end");
  xml_set_character_data_handler($parser,\; "process\_cdata");$//open the file
  if (!(file = fopen($file\_name,\; "r")))\; die("could\; not\; open\; the\; xml\; file!");$//read from the file, parsing its contents
  while (file_data = fread($file,\; 5000))\; \{\; if\; (!xml\_parse($parser, $file\_data,\; feof($file)))
         die(xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($parser)."\; at\; line\; ".xml\_get\_current\_line\_number($parser)));
  }
  
  //clear the parser
  xml_parser_free($parser);$//output the raw data array
  echo "<h3>file_name Raw Array Contents:</h3>";
  echo "<pre>";
  print_r($xml\_data\_array);\; echo\; "$</pre>";
  
  //handle the start of an element
  function process_start(parser, $name,$attributes)
  {
      global $xml\_data\_array;$element_data = array("name"=>$name,"attributes"=>$attributes); 
      array_push($xml\_data\_array,$element_data);
  }
  
  //handle the end of an element
  function process_end($parser,$name)
  {
      global $xml\_data\_array;$xml_data_array[count($xml\_data\_array)-2][\text{'}children\text{'}][]\; =$xml_data_array[count($xml\_data\_array)-1];\; array\_pop($xml_data_array);
  }
  
  //handle the character data (content) of an element
  function process_cdata($parser,$cdata)
  {
     global $xml\_data\_array,$i;
    
     if(trim($cdata))\; \{$xml_data_array[count($xml\_data\_array)-1][\text{'}cdata\text{'}]=$cdata;   
     }
  }
  ?>