simplexml_load_string Interprets a string of XML into an object &reftitle.description; objectsimplexml_load_string stringdata stringclass_name intoptions stringns boolis_prefix Takes a well-formed XML string and returns it as an object. &reftitle.parameters; data A well-formed XML string class_name You may use this optional parameter so that simplexml_load_string will return an object of the specified class. That class should extend the SimpleXMLElement class. options Since PHP 5.1.0 and Libxml 2.6.0, you may also use the options parameter to specify additional Libxml parameters. ns is_prefix &reftitle.returnvalues; Returns an object of class SimpleXMLElement with properties containing the data held within the xml document. On errors, it will return &false;. &reftitle.examples; Joe Jane I know that's the answer -- but what's the question? XML; $xml = simplexml_load_string($string); var_dump($xml); ?> ]]> &example.outputs; 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. &reftitle.seealso;