- simplexml_load_string: documentation ( source)
<?php
$rows = simplexml_load_string(<<<XML
<rows>
<row id="1_2">
<col1>Adilabad</col1>
<col2>Andhra Pradesh</col2>
<col3>30-Apr-2014</col3>
<col4>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adilabad_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)</col4>
<col5>http://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/parliamentary-constituencies/adilabad.html</col5>
</row>
<row id="1_3">
<col1>Peddapalli</col1>
<col2>Andhra Pradesh</col2>
<col3>30-Apr-2014</col3>
<col4>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peddapalli_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)</col4>
<col5>http://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/parliamentary-constituencies/peddapalli.html</col5>
</row>
</rows>
XML
);
foreach ($rows->row as $row) {
echo $row->col1.' , '.$row->col2."\n";
}