Not converting empty array inside of an array to XML (ignoring property)

[alexghattas]

I have a large json structure, that we convert to an associative array.

The structure looks something like this:

$data = [
  ...other properties,
  lastLive: [
     [], <--- being ignored and not converting to XML
     "", <--- being ignored and not converting to XML
     "foo",
    [], <--- being ignored and not converting to XML
    "bar"
  ],
]

It seems like when we have an array of values, and one of those values is an empty array or a string, it ignores the value, and does not create the XML property for it

so in the above scenario, we have 5 properties in lastLive

what is currently is happening is this:

<lastLive>foo<lastLive/>
<lastLive>bar<lastLive/>

but what I need is:

<lastLive><lastLive/>
<lastLive><lastLive/>
<lastLive>foo<lastLive/>
<lastLive><lastLive/>
<lastLive>bar<lastLive/>

has anyone run into something similar?