So lost, xml, php, arrays help pls!

[silvrique@gmail.com]

I am totally lost.

I have an xml script example as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf8" ?>
<starter>
<second>
<name>Silver</name>
</second>
</starter>

I have this printing to an array with the following php code:

class RSSParser {

var $struct = array(); // holds final structure
var $curptr; // current branch on $struct
var $parents = array(); // parent branches of current branch

function RSSParser($url) {
$this->curptr =& $this->struct; // set ref to base
$xmlparser = xml_parser_crea te();
xml_set_object( $xmlparser, $this);
xml_set_element _handler($xmlpa rser, 'tag_open', 'tag_close');
xml_set_charact er_data_handler ($xmlparser, 'cdata');
$fp = fopen($url, 'r');

while ($data = fread($fp, 4096))
xml_parse($xmlp arser, $data, feof($fp))
|| die(sprintf("XM L error: %s at line %d",
xml_error_strin g(xml_get_error _code($xmlparse r)),
xml_get_current _line_number($x mlparser)));

fclose($fp);
xml_parser_free ($xmlparser);
}

function tag_open($parse r, $tag, $attr) {
$i = count($this->curptr['children']);
$j = count($this->parents);
$this->curptr['children'][$i]=array(); // add new child element
$this->parents[$j] =& $this->curptr; // store current position as
parent
$this->curptr =& $this->curptr['children'][$i]; // submerge to
newly created child element
$this->curptr['name'] = $tag;
if (count($attr)>0 ) $this->curptr['attr'] = $attr;
}

function tag_close($pars er, $tag) {
$i = count($this->parents);
if ($i>0) $this->curptr =& $this->parents[$i-1]; // return to
parent element
unset($this->parents[$i-1]); // clear from list of parents
}

function cdata($parser, $data) {
$data = trim($data);
if (!empty($data)) {
$this->curptr['value'] .= $data;
}
}

}

$myparser = new RSSParser('Cred itCardBank.xml' );

echo "<pre>";
$results = ($myparser->struct);
print_r($result s);

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I get the following array:

[1] => Array
(
[name] => STARTER
[children] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[name] => NAME
[value] => Silver
Person&
)

)

)

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I need to be able to take the above array results and use them to
populate a menu, yet at the same time create ANOTHER array that
cleanses the : [value] => Silver Person& to remove the capitol
letters, spaces and charachters other than hyphens, letters and
numbers. I need the new array to show something like Silver Person& ==>
SilverPerson

Is this EVEN possible??