PHP/XML/XML File Read

simplexml_load_file: load xml and output

   <source lang="html4strict">

<?php

  $xml = simplexml_load_file("books.xml");
  echo htmlspecialchars($xml->asXML());

?>

      </source>
   
  

Use simplexml_load_file to load xml file

   <source lang="html4strict">

<?php

  $xml = simplexml_load_file("contact.xml");
  var_dump($xml);

?>

      </source>
   
  

XML file dump

   <source lang="html4strict">

<?php

  $xml = simplexml_load_file("contact.xml");
  var_dump($xml);

?>

      </source>