public static function generateValidXmlFromArray($array, $node_block='response', $node_name='item') 
    {
        $xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>';

        $xml .= '<' . $node_block . '>';
        $xml .= self::generateXmlFromArray($array, $node_name);
        $xml .= '</' . $node_block . '>';

        return $xml;
    }