XML is the acronym for Extensible Markup Language. SimpleXMLElement is an extension that allows us to easily manipulate and get XML data. SimpleXMLElement turns an XML document into a data structure you can iterate through like a collection of arrays and objects. You may also like How to Create Dynamic XML Sitemap in PHP and How to create RSS Feed reader using PHP.
PHP Code
<?php
$xml = <<<XML
<employee>
<employee name="Amar" age="29" salary="25000" />
<employee name="Rahul" age="22" salary="18000" />
<employee name="Aarti" age="31" salary="40000" />
</employee>
XML;
$employees = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
echo "<pre>";
print_r($employees);
?>
Output
SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[employee] => Array
(
[0] => SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[@attributes] => Array
(
[name] => Amar
[age] => 29
[salary] => 25000
)
)
[1] => SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[@attributes] => Array
(
[name] => Rahul
[age] => 22
[salary] => 18000
)
)
[2] => SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[@attributes] => Array
(
[name] => Aarti
[age] => 31
[salary] => 40000
)
)
)
)
