How to convert xml into array of objects in php?

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$xmlString = '<data>
    <item>
        <name>John</name>
        <age>25</age>
    </item>
    <item>
        <name>Jane</name>
        <age>30</age>
    </item>
</data>';

// Load the XML string
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlString);

// Convert XML into array of objects
$arrayOfObjects = [];
foreach ($xml->children() as $item) {
    $object = new stdClass();
    foreach ($item->children() as $element) {
        $object->{$element->getName()} = (string) $element;
    }
    $arrayOfObjects[] = $object;
}

// Print the array of objects
print_r($arrayOfObjects);

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Array
(
    [0] => stdClass Object
        (
            [name] => John
            [age] => 25
        )

    [1] => stdClass Object
        (
            [name] => Jane
            [age] => 30
        )

)