SimpleXML
In PHP 5 all XML support is now provided by the libxml2 XML toolkit. By default PHP 5 supports SimpleXML, but if libxml2 is not installed on your machine or the version number is lower than 2.5.10, go to www.xmlsoft.org and download the latest version. (You can use the PHP function phpinfo to check which version of libxml is running on your server.) Without going into too many details, suffice it to say that support for XML has been brought into line with the standards defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Unified treatment of XML under libxml2 makes for a more efficient and more easily maintained implementation of XML support.
Support for XML is much improved in PHP 5, in terms of both performance and functionality. The ...
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