How can SimpleXMLElement objects retrieved from XML be stored in PHP sessions without causing serialization issues?

When storing SimpleXMLElement objects retrieved from XML in PHP sessions, serialization issues can occur because SimpleXMLElement objects cannot be directly serialized. To avoid this problem, you can convert the SimpleXMLElement object to an array before storing it in the session. This way, you can easily serialize and unserialize the array without any issues. 

// Retrieve SimpleXMLElement object from XML
$xml = simplexml_load_string($xmlString);

// Convert SimpleXMLElement object to array
$xmlArray = json_decode(json_encode($xml), true);

// Store the array in PHP session
$_SESSION['xmlData'] = $xmlArray;

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SimpleXMLElement XML PHP sessions serialization errors

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