php read xml file

how to read xml file in php

php read xml file

Hi Friends i hope you are fine..in this lesson we are going to learn how to read xml file in php..this is beginners friendly codes for beginners to learn how to read xml file using php..
use below codes to read xml file..
step 1: create user.xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<users> 

    <user>

        <name>ANJAN KUMAR</name>

        <about>Web developer</about>

        <email>Anjankumardhali6@gmail.com</email> 

    </user> 

    <user>

        <name>Divya Rani</name>

        <about>Software Engineer</about>

        <email>divya@gmail.com</email> 
    </user> 

    <user>

        <name>Anik Roy</name>

        <about>Web Developer</about>

        <email>anikroy@gmail.com</email> 
    </user> 
	<user>

        <name>Prosanto Bain</name>

        <about>Assistant</about>

        <email>Prosanto@gmail.com</email> 
    </user> 

</users>

This is our xml file now we use php to parse this xml file
2. create readxml.php file
readxml to read row from xml file..

<?php
//loading xml file
$xml = simplexml_load_file("users.xml") or die("Error: Cannot create object");
?>
  <table>
    <tr>
	   <th>Name</th>
	   <th>About</th>
	   <th>Email</th>
	</tr>
<?php
foreach ($xml->children() as $row) {
    ?>
	  <tr>
	     <td><?php echo $row->name;?></td>
		 <td><?php echo $row->about;?></td>
		 <td><?php echo $row->email;?></td>
	  </tr>
	<?php
    
}
?>
</table>
<style>
table {
    border-collapse: collapse;
    width: 50%;
font-family:verdana;
}

th, td {

    padding: 8px;
}

tr:nth-child(even){background-color: #f2f2f2}

th {
    background-color: #4CAF50;
    color: white;
}
</style>

Your output will look like:

php read xml file

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