- simplexml_load_string: documentation ( source)
<?php
$xml = <<<XML
<bookstore>
<book category = "COOKING">
<title lang = "en">Everyday Italian</title>
<author>Giada De Laurentiis</author>
<year>2005</year>
<price>30.00</price>
</book>
<book category = "CHILDREN">
<title lang = "en">Harry Potter</title>
<author>J K. Rowling</author>
<year>2005</year>
<price>29.99</price>
</book>
<book category = "WEB">
<title lang = "en">Learning XML</title>
<author>Erik T. Ray</author>
<year>2003</year>
<price>39.95</price>
</book>
</bookstore>
XML;
$handle = simplexml_load_string($xml);