<?php
/* load XML document from a string */
$xml = simplexml_load_string(file_get_contents(dirname(__FILE__) . '/thedata.xml'));
/* access the 1st <title> from the document */
echo array_shift($xml->xpath("//item[1]/title")) . "<br />";
/* get data from item entry with an id of 10149 */
echo '<pre>';
print_r($xml->xpath("//item[@id=10149]"));
echo '</pre>';
?>
Array
(
[0] => SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[@attributes] => Array
(
[id] => 10149
)
[title] => How do I post messages?
[link] => http://fud.prohost.org/forum/index.php/m/10149
[description] => I can post messages, help!
)
)