- simplexml_load_string: documentation ( source)
<?php
$x = <<<XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<products>
<product ID="14">
<name>Productname</name>
<price currency="EUR">9.95</price>
<URL>http://www.google.com</URL>
<images>
<image>image.jpg</image>
</images>
<description><![CDATA[<p>long description</p>]]></description>
<categories/>
<properties>
<property name="brand">
<value>Brandname</value>
</property>
<property name="deliveryTime">
<value>1 - 3 days</value>
</property>
<property name="fromPrice">
<value>24.95</value>
</property>
<property name="EAN">
<value>12345</value>
</property>
<property name="sku">
<value></value>
</property>
<property name="shipping_costs">
<value>6.95</value>
</property>
</properties>
<variations/>
</product>
</products>
XML;
$xml = simplexml_load_string($x);
$properties = $xml->xpath("//property");
foreach ($properties as $property) {
foreach($property->attributes() as $a => $b)
echo $a,'="',$b,"\"\n";
}