Quickly convert simpleXMLObject to STDClass?

Question

Does anybody know a quick way to convert a SimpleXMLElement to a normal STDClass object, without iterating through each branch manually? I would feel better working with a normal object after fetching the data.

Answer 1

$my_std_class = json_decode(json_encode($my_simplexmlelement));
$my_assoc_array = json_decode(json_encode($my_simplexmlelement), true);