SimpleXML
Robert Richards · Apress eBooks · 2006
The SimpleXML extension is another tree-based parser available in PHP 5. The previous chapter introduced the DOM extension, which had an extensive API and allowed for complete control and manipulation of an XML document. SimpleXML takes a different approach to handling the tree; it has a much smaller API and handles elements and attributes more intuitively. This chapter will cover SimpleXML and explain why you need this second tree parser, how you use it, and what you can do with it.