PHP/XML/XML File Read

simplexml_load_file: load xml and output

<?php
   $xml = simplexml_load_file("books.xml");
   echo htmlspecialchars($xml->asXML());
?>
<!--
<library>
   <book>
      <title>A</title>
      <author gender="female">B</author>
      <description>C</description>
   </book>
   <book>
      <title>C</title>
      <author gender="male">D</author>
      <description>E</description>
   </book>
   <book>
      <title>F</title>
      <author gender="male">G</author>
      <description>H</description>
   </book>
</library>

-->

Use simplexml_load_file to load xml file

<?php
   $xml = simplexml_load_file("contact.xml");
   var_dump($xml);
?>

XML file dump

<?php
   $xml = simplexml_load_file("contact.xml");
   var_dump($xml);
?>