<getXML>
<result>
<block>
 <name>A</name>
 <block_id>1</block_id>
</block>
<block>
 <name>B</name>
 <block_id>5</block_id>
</block>
<id>123</id>
</result>
<result>
<block>
 <name>C</name>
 <block_id>7</block_id>
</block>
<id>456</id>
</result>
</getXML>

Array
(
 [123] => Array
 (
 [1] => Array
 (
 [name] => A
)
 [5] => Array
 (
 [name] => B
)
 )
 [456] => Array
 (
 [7] => Array
 (
 [name] => C
)
 )
)

class xml
{
 var $parser;
 var $block_text;
 var $buffer;

 function xml()
 {
 $this->parser = xml_parser_create();
 xml_set_object($this->parser, $this);
 xml_set_element_handler($this->parser, "tag_open", "tag_close");
 xml_set_character_data_handler($this->parser, "cdata");
 $this->block_text = FALSE;
 $this->buffer = '';
 }

 function parse($data)
 { 
 xml_parse($this->parser, $data);
 }

 function cdata($parser, $cdata)
 {
 global $alltags;
 if ($this->block_text)
 $this->buffer .= $cdata;
 else
$alltags[] = $cdata;
 //var_dump($parser, $cdata);
 }

 function tag_close($parser, $tag)
 {
 global $alltags;
if ($this->block_text) {
$alltags[] = $this->buffer;
$this->buffer = '';
}
 $alltags[] = 'CLOSE'.$tag;
 }

} //end of class xml

for ( $a=0; $a < count($alltags); $a++ )
{

if ( $alltags[$a] == 'CLOSEID' )
{
$ID = $alltags[$a-1];
}
if ( $alltags[$a] == 'CLOSEBLOCK_ID' )
{
$BLOCK_ID[$alltags[$a-1]] = $alltags[$a-1];
}
if ( $alltags[$a] == 'CLOSENAME' )
{
$NAME = $alltags[$a-1];
}
if ( $alltags[$a] == 'CLOSERESULT' )
{
$result_array[$ID] = $BLOCK_ID;
$result_array[$ID][$BLOCK_ID]['name'] = $NAME; //here is when i get the warning: Illegal offset type in

$BLOCK_ID='';
}
}
unset($alltags);