- var_dump: documentation ( source)
<?php
$xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<translations>
<translation id="title">
<english name="name1" ad="ad1">Hello there, how are you?</english>
<italian name="name2" ad="ad2">Ciao, come stai?</italian>
</translation>
</translations>';
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
var_dump($xml);
echo $xml->translations->translation->english['ad'];
echo $xml->translations->translation->italian['name'];