- simplexml_load_string: documentation ( source)
<?php
$str=<<<XML
<Applications>
<Application Name="IE">
<Configuration Environment="Google" Location="C:/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe" Arguments="www.google.com" />
<Configuration Environment="News" Location="C:/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe" Arguments="http://www.canberratimes.com.au" />
<Configuration Environment="Home" Location="C:/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe" Arguments="" Default="TRUE" />
</Application>
</Applications>
XML;
$xml=simplexml_load_string($str);
foreach($xml->xpath('/Applications/Application[@Name="IE"]/Conguration[@Environment="Google"][@Location]') as $t)
{
echo $t;
}