PHP simplexml

address.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<users>
  <user>
    <firstname>John</firstname>
    <surname>Brady</surname>
    <address>1 Bunch St</address>
    <city>Downtown</city>
    <country>America</country>
    <contact>
      <phone type="mobile">4444 4444</phone>
      <url>http://phpro.org</url>
      <email>brady@bunch.example.com</email>
    </contact>
  </user>

  <user>
  ...........
  </user>

</users>

createxml.php

<?php 

try 
{ 
    /*** a new dom object ***/ 
    $dom = new domDocument; 

    /*** make the output tidy ***/ 
    $dom->formatOutput = true; 

    /*** create the root element ***/ 
    $root = $dom->appendChild($dom->createElement( "users" )); 

    /*** create the simple xml element ***/ 
    $sxe = simplexml_import_dom( $dom ); 

    /*** add a user node ***/ 
    $user = $sxe->addchild("user"); 

    /*** add a firstname element ***/ 
    $user->addChild("firstname", "John"); 

    /*** add a surname element ***/ 
    $user->addChild("surname", "Brady"); 

    /*** add address element ***/ 
    $user->addChild("address", "1 Bunch St"); 

    /*** add the city element ***/ 
    $user->addChild("city", "Downtown"); 

    /*** add the country ***/ 
    $user->addChild("country", "America"); 

    $contact = $user->addChild("contact"); 
    $phone = $contact->addChild("phone", "4444 4444"); 


    /*** add an attribute to the phone element ***/ 
    $phone->addAttribute("type", "mobile")


    $contact->addChild("url", "http://phpro.org"); 
    $contact->addChild("email", "brady@bunch.example.com"); 

   $sxe->asXML("address.xml"); 
} 
catch( Exception $e ) 
{ 
    echo $e->getMessage(); 
} 
?> 

readxml.php

<?php 

    /*** create a SimpleXML object ***/ 
    if( ! $xml = simplexml_load_file('address.xml') ) 
    { 
        echo "Unable to load XML file"; 
    } 
    else 
    { 
        //access the firstname, surname, and phone number and the attribute of the second user.

        echo $xml->user[1]->firstname.' '.$xml->user[1]->surname.'<br />'; 
        echo $xml->user[1]->contact->phone; 
        echo $xml->user[1]->contact->phone->attributes();
    } 
?> 

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