The PHP XML framework allows easy manipulation and creation of properly formatted and indented XML files. XML data is parsed into an indexed array that mirrors the actual data structure defined within the XML. Using the CS Array To Path system, complex array structures become as easy to manipulate as the directory structure on a standard Linux or Unix filesystem.

Advantages:

• data structures become multi-dimensional human-readable arrays
• XML paths are referenced as paths (i.e. "/DIAGNOSIS/INPUT-XML/CHARGE-ORDER/AMOUNT")
• avoid constructing massive array references (i.e. $xml['DIAGNOSIS']['INPUT-XML']['CHARGE-ORDER']['AMOUNT'])
• referencing data via paths is simple to handle
• avoids usage of hazardous "eval()" calls