How to read xml into mysql db - php

Question

I am pulling data from an external site using simplexml_load_file and need to dump into my local database. I do not know how to parse the data so that I can perform my sql insert. Please tell me how to grab the column headings and values from the simplexml_load_file results. Because I may not always know the heading names, Ideally I would like to pull the heading and value in as variables and load them both into sql as values to two columns; column_nam and column_value. Below is an example of the data usnig the print_r
SimpleXMLElement Object
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[#attributes] => Array
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[sessionid] => p_panda143ccfcf692ede95e|43413dc74e459ecb|41b5f89600000000|41c18afc4b000000|
)
[OBJECT] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[#attributes] => Array
(
[name] => clinicalreport
[op] => search_filedelivery
)
[reports_viewed] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[reports_delivered] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[clinicalreport] => 3006163008
[orders_transmitted] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[report_request_date] => 10/7/2014 9:17 AM
[reports_undelivered] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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)
[person_middle_name] => R
[reports_printed] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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)
[creation_date] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[ownerid] => 3003154010
[reports_count] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[sponsor_name] => LabCorp Birmingham
[receivingorganization] => 3003154010
[organization_name] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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)
[sponsor] => 1502182
[document] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[clearance] => 10
[report_subject] => HL7 Order Copy
[report_service_date] => 10/7/2014 9:19 AM
[reports_forwarded] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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)
[forwarded] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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)
[std_orders_created] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[person_last_name] => Angles
[is_viewed] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[is_latest] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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)
[is_abnormal] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[expiration_date] => 4/5/2015 9:19 AM
[sequence] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[is_annotated] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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)
[originalreport] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[person_account_number] => 1799
[filler_order_number] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[placer_order_number] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[is_forwarded] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[report_priority] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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)
[person] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[receiving_cg_fname] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[creation_datetime] => 10/7/2014 9:19 AM
[receiving_cg_lname] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[is_downloaded] => N
[receiving_cg_mname] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[report_status] => NA
[lab_code] => MB
[ordering_cg_suffix] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[ordering_cg_fname] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[ordering_client_id] => 8001631
[person_first_name] => Madeleine
[report_type] => ORDER
[ordering_cg_lname] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[ordering_cg_mname] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[previousreport] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[orderresult] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[receiving_cg_suffix] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[psc_orders_created] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[receiving_client_id] => 8001631
[is_printed] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[content_expiration_date] => 2/4/2015 9:19 AM
[person_suffix] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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[abnormals_count] => SimpleXMLElement Object
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Answer 1

I found the answer. But first why is there a '-1' by my question.
SOLUTION - I needed to send the results of the simplexml_load_file in the new function xml2array. this function provided me with each name and value.
$myXML = simplexml_load_file($url);
function xml2array($myXML) {
$arr = array();
foreach ($myXML as $element) {
$tag = $element->getName();
$e = get_object_vars($element);
if (!empty($e)) {
$arr[$tag] = $element instanceof SimpleXMLElement ? xml2array($element) : $e;
}
else {
$arr[$tag] = trim($element);
}
}
return $arr;
}
I found the function here
http://bookofzeus.com/articles/convert-simplexml-object-into-php-array/