- simplexml_load_string: documentation ( source)
<?php
$x = <<<XML
<map>
<title>Wisburn Village</title>
<color1>0x0000FF</color1>
<color2>0x2b8300</color2>
<element id="tree_1">
<icon>7</icon>
<scale>1</scale>
</element>
<element id="tree_2">
<icon>7</icon>
<scale>1</scale>
</element>
<element id="tree_4">
<icon>7</icon>
<scale>0.9</scale>
</element>
<element id="house1">
<icon>2</icon>
<type>mission</type>
<name>Home</name>
</element>
<element id="cave_1">
<type>mission</type>
<icon>4</icon>
<name>Den of Trials</name>
<scale>0.9</scale>
<mission id="01">
<name>Gloop and Bloop</name>
<info>Let's see you fight some monsters in the den! These shouldn't prove much of a problem, show me what you can do!</info>
<enemies>
<enemy id="405"></enemy>
<enemy id="405"></enemy>
<enemy id="405"></enemy>
</enemies>
</mission>
</element>
<element id="link_1">
<type>link</type>
<to>02</to>
<name>to Quadra Plains</name>
<lv>1</lv>
</element>
</map>
XML;
$xml = simplexml_load_string($x);
list($test) = $xml->xpath("//type/@name");
echo $test;