simplexml_load_string Interprets a string of XML into an object objectsimplexml_load_string stringdata stringclass_name This function will take the well-formed xml string data and return an object with properties containing the data held within the xml document. If any errors occur, it returns &false;. Joe Jane I know that's the answer -- but what's the question? XML; $xml = simplexml_load_string($string); var_dump($xml); ?> ]]> This script will display: Forty What? [from] => Joe [to] => Jane [body] => I know that's the answer -- but what's the question? ) ]]> At this point, you can go about using $xml->body and such. See also: simplexml_load_file.