- simplexml_load_file: documentation ( source)
<?php
$url = 'http://tvprofil.net/xmltv/data/rtl.de.de/2014-01-26_rtl.de.de_tvprofil.net.xml';
$xml = simplexml_load_file($url);
$start = $xml->attributes()->start;
$stop = $xml->attributes()->stop;
$title = $xml->title;
echo "Title: " . $title . "\n";
$datetime1 = new DateTime($start);
$datetime2 = new DateTime($stop);
$interval = $datetime1->diff($datetime2);
echo $interval->format('Time left: %i minutes');