XML parsing conundrum

Question

UPDATE: I\'ve reworked the question, to show progress I\'ve made, and maybe make it easier to answer.

UPDATE 2: I\'ve added another value to the XML. Extension avail

Answer 1

How's something like this? Code is a bit sloppy, and tweaks should probably be made to improve the validation.

class XMLFileImporter {
  public $file; //Absolute path to import file
  public $import = array();
  public $xml;
  public $error = false;

  public function __construct($file) {
    $this->file = $file;
    $this->load();
  }

  public function load() {
    if(!is_readable($this->file)) {
      $this->error("File is not readable");
      return false;
    }

    $xml = simplexml_load_file($this->file);
    if(!$xml) {
      $this->error("XML could not be parsed");
      return false;
    }
    $this->xml = json_decode(json_encode($xml));

    return true;
  }

  public function import() {
    $count = $this->parseItems();
    echo "Imported $count rows";

  }

  public function parseItems() {
    if($this->error()){
      return false;
    }

    if(!self::validateXML($this->xml)) {
      $this->error("Invalid SimpleXML object");
      return false;
    }

    if(!self::validateArray($this->xml->Item)) {
      $this->error("Invalid Array 'Item' on SimpleXML object");
      return false;
    }
    $count = 0;
    foreach($this->xml->Item as $item) {
      if($this->parseItem($item)){
        $count++;
      }
    }
    return $count;

  }
  public function parseItem($item) {
    if($this->error()){
      return false;
    }

    if(!self::validateItem($item)) {
      $this->error("Invalid file item");
      return false;
    }

    $item = self::normalizeItem($item);

    $this->handlePlatform((string)$item->Platform);
    $this->handleGroup($item);
    $this->handleSubGroup($item);
    $this->handleFile($item);
    return true;
  }

  public function handlePlatform($platform) {
    if(!isset($this->import[$platform])) {
      $this->import[$platform] = array();
    }

    return true;
  }

  public function handleGroup($item) {
    if(!isset($this->import[$item->Platform][$item->Name])) {
      $this->import[$item->Platform][$item->Name] = array();
    }
    return true;
  }

  public function handleSubGroup($item) {
    if(!isset($this->import[$item->Platform][$item->Name][$item->Title])) {
      $this->import[$item->Platform][$item->Name][$item->Title] = array();
    }
    return true;
  }

  public function handleFile($item) {
    array_push($this->import[$item->Platform][$item->Name][$item->Title],$item->DownloadPath);
  }

  public function error($set=false) {
    if($set){
      $this->error = $set;
      return true;
    }
    return $this->error;
  }

  public static function validateXML($xml) {
    return is_object($xml);
  }
  public static function validateArray($arr,$min=1){
    return (isset($arr) && !empty($arr) && count($arr) > $min);

  }

  public static function validateItem($item){
    return (isset($item->Title)
           && isset($item->Name)
           && isset($item->DownloadPath)
           && isset($item->Platform));

  }

  public static function normalizeItem($item){
    $item->Name = stripslashes(trim((string)$item->Name));
    $item->Title = stripslashes(trim((string)$item->Title));
    $item->Platform = (string)$item->Platform;
    $item->DownloadPath = (string)$item->DownloadPath;

    return $item;
  }

  public function output() {
    print_r($this->import);
    return true;
  }

}

$importer = new XMLFileImporter(dirname(__FILE__)."/files.xml");
$importer->load();
$importer->import();
$importer->output();
var_dump($importer->error());