$val)
             {
                 if ($priority == 'tag')
                     $attributes_data[$attr] = $val;
                 else
                     $result['attr'][$attr] = $val; //Set all the attributes in a array called 'attr'
             }
         }
         if ($type == "open")
         { 
            $parent[$level -1] = & $current;
             if (!is_array($current) or (!in_array($tag, array_keys($current))))
             {
                 $current[$tag] = $result;
                 if ($attributes_data)
                     $current[$tag . '_attr'] = $attributes_data;
                 $repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level] = 1;
                 $current = & $current[$tag];
             }
             else
             {
                 if (isset ($current[$tag][0]))
                 {
                     $current[$tag][$repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level]] = $result;
                     $repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level]++;
                 }
                 else
                 { 
                    $current[$tag] = array (
                         $current[$tag],
                         $result
                     ); 
                    $repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level] = 2;
                     if (isset ($current[$tag . '_attr']))
                     {
                         $current[$tag]['0_attr'] = $current[$tag . '_attr'];
                         unset ($current[$tag . '_attr']);
                     }
                 }
                 $last_item_index = $repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level] - 1;
                 $current = & $current[$tag][$last_item_index];
             }
         }
         elseif ($type == "complete")
         {
             if (!isset ($current[$tag]))
             {
                 $current[$tag] = $result;
                 $repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level] = 1;
                 if ($priority == 'tag' and $attributes_data)
                     $current[$tag . '_attr'] = $attributes_data;
             }
             else
             {
                 if (isset ($current[$tag][0]) and is_array($current[$tag]))
                 {
                     $current[$tag][$repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level]] = $result;
                     if ($priority == 'tag' and $get_attributes and $attributes_data)
                     {
                         $current[$tag][$repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level] . '_attr'] = $attributes_data;
                     }
                     $repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level]++;
                 }
                 else
                 {
                     $current[$tag] = array (
                         $current[$tag],
                         $result
                     ); 
                    $repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level] = 1;
                     if ($priority == 'tag' and $get_attributes)
                     {
                         if (isset ($current[$tag . '_attr']))
                         { 
                            $current[$tag]['0_attr'] = $current[$tag . '_attr'];
                             unset ($current[$tag . '_attr']);
                         }
                         if ($attributes_data)
                         {
                             $current[$tag][$repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level] . '_attr'] = $attributes_data;
                         }
                     }
                     $repeated_tag_index[$tag . '_' . $level]++; //0 and 1 index is already taken
                 }
             }
         }
         elseif ($type == 'close')
         {
             $current = & $parent[$level -1];
         }
     }
     return ($xml_array);
 }
 ?>
 

Returns a well formed array like the structure of the xml-document

create an array like
array[root][child1][child1child1]