SimpleXMLElement->attributes Identifies an element's attributes &reftitle.description; SimpleXMLElement SimpleXMLElementattributes stringns boolis_prefix This function provides the attributes and values defined within an xml tag. &simplexml.iteration; &reftitle.parameters; ns An optional namespace for the retrieved attributes is_prefix Default to &false; &reftitle.returnvalues; &reftitle.examples; Interpret an XML string 1 XML; $xml = simplexml_load_string($string); foreach($xml->foo[0]->attributes() as $a => $b) { echo $a,'="',$b,"\"\n"; } ?> ]]> &example.outputs;