How can XML strings be efficiently converted into PHP arrays?

To efficiently convert XML strings into PHP arrays, you can use the simplexml_load_string() function in PHP. This function parses the XML string and returns an object that represents the XML data, which can then be easily converted into an array using json_encode() and json_decode() functions. 

$xmlString = '<root><item><name>John</name><age>30</age></item><item><name>Jane</name><age>25</age></item></root>';
$xmlObject = simplexml_load_string($xmlString);
$jsonString = json_encode($xmlObject);
$array = json_decode($jsonString, true);

print_r($array);

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