In PHP 5 all of the XML related extensions are now based around
the libxml2 library. PHP 5 also comes with the new simplexml extension,
which allows the manipulation of XML documents using ZE2 OO constructs
Sample XML file
<books>
<book>
<title>The Grapes of Wrath</title>
<author>John Steinbeck</author>
</book>
<book>
<title>The Pearl</title>
<author>John Steinbeck</author>
</book>
</books>
Loading the XML using simplexml
<?php
$books = simplexml_load_file('books.xml');
foreach($books->book as $book) {
echo "{$book->title} was written by {$book->author}\n";
}
?>
