How to read contents of xml file in php?

To read an xml file in php we have 3 ways.

• SimpleXML (in php 5 and onwards)
• Expat Parser
• XML DOM

I am going to show you the easiest way to process/read xml file in php using SimpleXML.

Example with Code and Syntax:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<book>

<name>PHP</name>

<price>68</price>

</book>

<?php

$xml=simplexml_load_file("book.xml");

echo $xml->name. "<br>";

echo $xml->price. "<br>";

 ?>

As show in above example, I have loaded book.xml file and read the contents using simplexml_load_file function.