Yet another DOMNode to php array conversion function. 
Other ones on this page are generating too "complex" arrays; this one should keep the array as tidy as possible.
Note: make sure to set LIBXML_NOBLANKS when calling DOMDocument::load, loadXML or loadHTML
See: http://be2.php.net/manual/en/libxml.constants.php
See: http://be2.php.net/manual/en/domdocument.loadxml.php

<?php
         /**
         * Returns an array representation of a DOMNode
         * Note, make sure to use the LIBXML_NOBLANKS flag when loading XML into the DOMDocument
         * @param DOMDocument $dom
         * @param DOMNode $node
         * @return array
         */
        function nodeToArray( $dom, $node) {
            if(!is_a( $dom, 'DOMDocument' ) || !is_a( $node, 'DOMNode' )) {
                return false;
            }
            $array = false; 
            if( empty( trim( $node->localName ))) {// Discard empty nodes
                return false;
            }
            if( XML_TEXT_NODE == $node->nodeType ) {
                return $node->nodeValue;
            }
            foreach ($node->attributes as $attr) { 
                $array['@'.$attr->localName] = $attr->nodeValue; 
            } 
            foreach ($node->childNodes as $childNode) { 
                if ( 1 == $childNode->childNodes->length && XML_TEXT_NODE == $childNode->firstChild->nodeType ) { 
                    $array[$childNode->localName] = $childNode->nodeValue; 
                }  else {
                    if( false !== ($a = self::nodeToArray( $dom, $childNode))) {
                        $array[$childNode->localName] =     $a;
                    }
                }
            }
            return $array; 
        }
?>