With PHP 5, you can use either simplexml_load_file() or simplexml_load_string() to get an instance of the SimpleXMLElement class.
This is a massively simplified feed from Digg. (Shame the example didn't include anything about Kanye West being a big jackass to Taylor Swift)
01.<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 02.<rss version="2.0"> 03.<channel> 04. <title>digg.com: Stories / Popular</title> 05. <language>en-us</language> 06. <description>digg.com: Stories / Popular</description> 07. <link>http://digg.com/<;/link> 08. <item> 09. <title>6 Russian Volcanoes Erupt Simultaneously</title> 10. <link>http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/popular/~3/ufca-hKu7hM/6_Russian_Volcanoes_Erupt_Simultaneously</link> 11. <description>*****</description> 12. <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:30:01 +0000</pubDate> 13. <guid isPermaLink="false">http://digg.com/environment/6_Russian_Volcanoes_Erupt_Simultaneously<;/guid> 14. </item> 15. <item> 16. <title>Happiness: The New Currency in France</title> 17. <link>http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/popular/~3/7hQDWvQwx5A/Happiness_The_New_Currency_in_France</link> 18. <description>Gross domestic product, inflation, unemployment- these are old-fashioned, Anglo-Saxon indicators of national wellbeing, says the president of France. From now on, the country's economic progress will be measured in terms of happiness.</description> 19. <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:10:02 +0000</pubDate> 20. <guid isPermaLink="false">http://digg.com/health/Happiness_The_New_Currency_in_France<;/guid> 21. </item> 22. <item> 23. <title>The 15 Weirdest Music Videos Of All Time</title> 24. <link>http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/popular/~3/QTH3TyAZma0/The_15_Weirdest_Music_Videos_Of_All_Time</link> 25. <description>Music videos changed the music industry completely. Artists were finally given a "visual voice" and fans were able to put faces with names. Musicians are often a little quirky however, resulting in many truly bizarre videos.</description> 26. <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:00:01 +0000</pubDate> 27. <guid isPermaLink="false">http://digg.com/music/The_15_Weirdest_Music_Videos_Of_All_Time<;/guid> 28. </item> 29.</channel> 30.</rss>To parse the items in this list, simply use the following.
01.$rss = simplexml_load_file("http://feeds.digg.com/digg/popular.rss"); 02. 03.echo "Parsing feed with title: " . $rss->channel->title; 04. 05.foreach ($rss->channel->item as $item) { 06. echo $item->title; 07. echo $item->link; 08. echo $item->description; 09. echo $item->guid; 10.}And there you have it, very simple.
