Parser Component is a framework agnostic package that provide a simple way to parse XML to array without having to write a complex logic.

Imagine if you can parse

<api>
    <user followers="5">
        <id>1</id>
        <email>[email protected]</email>
    </user>
</api>

to

$user = [
    'id' => '1',
    'email' => '[email protected]',
    'followers' => '5'
];

by just writing this:

use Orchestra\Parser\Xml\Facade as XmlParser;

$xml = XmlParser::load('path/to/above.xml');
$user = $xml->parse([
    'id' => ['uses' => 'user.id'],
    'email' => ['uses' => 'user.email'],
    'followers' => ['uses' => 'user::followers'],
]);

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To install through composer, simply put the following in your composer.json file:

{
    "require": {
        "orchestra/parser": "^4.0"
    }
}

And then run composer install from the terminal.

Above installation can also be simplify by using the following command:

composer require "orchestra/parser=^4.0"

Next add the service provider in config/app.php.

'providers' => [

    // ...

    Orchestra\Parser\XmlServiceProvider::class,
],

You might want to add Orchestra\Parser\Xml\Facade to class aliases in config/app.php:

'aliases' => [

    // ...

    'XmlParser' => Orchestra\Parser\Xml\Facade::class,
],