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try use DOMDocument 
 
$document = new DOMDocument(); 
$document-&gt;load('./yourfile.xml'); 
$el=$document-&gt;getElementsByTagName(&quot;email&quot;); 
 
 
$to =$el-&gt;item(0)-&gt;getElementsByTagName(&quot;to&quot;)-&gt;item(0)-&gt;nodeValue; 
$from =$el-&gt;item(0)-&gt;getElementsByTagName(&quot;from&quot;)-&gt;item(0)-&gt;nodeValue; 
$heading = $el-&gt;item(0)-&gt;getElementsByTagName(&quot;heading&quot;)-&gt;item(0)-&gt;nodeValue; 
$body = $el-&gt;item(0)-&gt;getElementsByTagName(&quot;body&quot;)-&gt;item(0)-&gt;nodeValue; 
 
look at this: <a href="http://www.php.net/dom" rel="ugc">http://www.php.net/dom</a>
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try use DOMDocument

$document = new DOMDocument();
$document->load('./yourfile.xml');
$el=$document->getElementsByTagName("email");


$to =$el->item(0)->getElementsByTagName("to")->item(0)->nodeValue;
$from =$el->item(0)->getElementsByTagName("from")->item(0)->nodeValue;
$heading = $el->item(0)->getElementsByTagName("heading")->item(0)->nodeValue;
$body = $el->item(0)->getElementsByTagName("body")->item(0)->nodeValue;

look at this: http://www.php.net/dom [http://www.php.net/dom]

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For php4, try to use DOM XML <a href="http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.domxml.php" rel="ugc">http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.domxml.php</a>
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For php4, try to use DOM XML http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.domxml.php [http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.domxml.php]

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but then what would the code be?
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hi, 
how do i use PHP to get information out of XML files, i want to take each section and put it into a php variable for example 
 
$to = &quot;james&quot;; 
$from = &quot;glen&quot;; 
$heading = &quot;reminder&quot;; 
$body = &quot;hello&quot;; 
 
the information is taken from: 
 
&lt;email&gt; 
&lt;to&gt;james&lt;/to&gt; 
&lt;from&gt;glen&lt;/from&gt; 
&lt;heading&gt;Reminder&lt;/heading&gt; 
&lt;body&gt;hello&lt;/body&gt; 
&lt;/email&gt; 
 
thanks
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hi,
how do i use PHP to get information out of XML files, i want to take each section and put it into a php variable for example

$to = "james";
$from = "glen";
$heading = "reminder";
$body = "hello";

the information is taken from:

<email>
<to>james</to>
<from>glen</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>hello</body>
</email>

thanks

PHP and XML

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