Parsing XML in easy way using PHP

Required Extension: SimpleXML

//this is a sample xml string

$xml_string="<?xml version='1.0'?>

<moleculedb>

    <molecule name='Benzine'>

        <symbol>ben</symbol>

        <code>A</code>

    </molecule>

    <molecule name='Water'>

        <symbol>h2o</symbol>

        <code>K</code>

    </molecule>

</moleculedb>";

 

//load the xml string using simplexml function

$xml = simplexml_load_string($xml_string);

 

//loop through the each node of molecule

foreach ($xml->molecule as $record)

{

   //attribute are accessted by

   echo $record['name'], '  ';

   //node are accessted by -> operator

   echo $record->symbol, '  ';

   echo $record->code, '<br />';

}