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Asked: 2026-05-10T16:44:00+00:00

I have used the XML Parser before, and even though it worked OK, I

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I have used the XML Parser before, and even though it worked OK, I wasn’t happy with it in general, it felt like I was using workarounds for things that should be basic functionality.

I recently saw SimpleXML but I haven’t tried it yet. Is it any simpler? What advantages and disadvantages do both have? Any other parsers you’ve used?

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  1. I would have to say SimpleXML takes the cake because it is firstly an extension, written in C, and is very fast. But second, the parsed document takes the form of a PHP object. So you can ‘query’ like $root->myElement.

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