File: //opt/alt/php54/usr/share/doc/pear/XML_Serializer/examples/unserializeWithTypeGuessing.php
<?PHP
/**
* Example that shows how to use XML_Unserializer to
* automatically adjust the type of the data
*
* @author Stephan Schmidt <schst@php.net>
* @category XML
* @package XML_Serializer
* @subpackage Examples
*/
error_reporting(E_ALL);
/**
* uses XML_Unserializer
*/
require_once '../Unserializer.php';
$xml = <<<EOT
<root>
<string>Just a string...</string>
<booleanValue>true</booleanValue>
<foo>-563</foo>
<bar>4.73736</bar>
<array foo="false" bar="12">true</array>
</root>
EOT;
$unserializer = &new XML_Unserializer();
$unserializer->setOption(XML_UNSERIALIZER_OPTION_COMPLEXTYPE, 'array');
$unserializer->setOption(XML_UNSERIALIZER_OPTION_ATTRIBUTES_PARSE, true);
$unserializer->setOption(XML_UNSERIALIZER_OPTION_RETURN_RESULT, true);
$unserializer->setOption(XML_UNSERIALIZER_OPTION_GUESS_TYPES, true);
$data = $unserializer->unserialize($xml);
echo '<pre>';
var_dump($data);
echo '</pre>';
?>