- var_dump: documentation ( source)
<?php
$xmlstr = <<<XML
<?xml version='1.0' standalone='yes'?>
<movies>
<movie code="1">movie 1</movie>
<movie code="2">movie 2</movie>
</movies>
XML;
$movies = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstr);
foreach($movies->children() as $movie)
{
foreach($movie->attributes() as $k=>$v)
{
var_dump($k, $v);
}
}