$xml_string="<?xml version='1.0'?>  <moleculedb>      <molecule name='Benzine'>          <symbol>ben</symbol>          <code>A</code>      </molecule>      <molecule name='Water'>          <symbol>h2o</symbol>          <code>K</code>      </molecule>  </moleculedb>";      //load the xml string using simplexml function  $xml = simplexml_load_string($xml_string);      //loop through the each node of molecule  foreach ($xml->molecule as $record)  {     //attribute are accessted by     echo $record['name'], '  ';     //node are accessted by -> operator     echo $record->symbol, '  ';     echo $record->code, '<br />';  }