1 files changed, 2 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/engine/lib/xml.php b/engine/lib/xml.php
index 0d0d83da0..497459d83 100644
--- a/engine/lib/xml.php
+++ b/engine/lib/xml.php
@@ -101,47 +101,11 @@ function serialise_array_to_xml(array $data, $n = 0) {
 
 /**
  * Parse an XML file into an object.
- * Based on code from http://de.php.net/manual/en/function.xml-parse-into-struct.php by
- * efredricksen at gmail dot com
  *
  * @param string $xml The XML
  *
- * @return object
+ * @return ElggXMLElement
  */
 function xml_to_object($xml) {
-	$parser = xml_parser_create();
-
-	// Parse $xml into a structure
-	xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE, 1);
-	xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, 0);
-	xml_parse_into_struct($parser, $xml, $tags);
-
-	xml_parser_free($parser);
-
-	$elements = array();
-	$stack = array();
-
-	foreach ($tags as $tag) {
-		$index = count($elements);
-
-		if ($tag['type'] == "complete" || $tag['type'] == "open") {
-			$elements[$index] = new XmlElement;
-			$elements[$index]->name = $tag['tag'];
-			$elements[$index]->attributes = $tag['attributes'];
-			$elements[$index]->content = $tag['value'];
-
-			if ($tag['type'] == "open") {
-				$elements[$index]->children = array();
-				$stack[count($stack)] = &$elements;
-				$elements = &$elements[$index]->children;
-			}
-		}
-
-		if ($tag['type'] == "close") {
-			$elements = &$stack[count($stack) - 1];
-			unset($stack[count($stack) - 1]);
-		}
-	}
-
-	return $elements[0];
+	return new ElggXMLElement($xml);
 }