SimpleXML not working with Yahoo Answers [closed]

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$bot = file_get_contents("http://answers.yahooapis.com/AnswersService/V1/questionSearch?appid=API_KEY&query=".$q1."");
echo $bot->Question[0]->ChosenAnswer;

For some reason, the script isn't returning anything.

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Firstly, you need to create instance of SimpleXML to use it.

$bot = file_get_contents("http://answers.yahooapis.com/AnswersService/V1/questionSearch?appid=API_KEY&query=".$q1."");
$bot = simplexml_load_string($bot);
echo $bot->Question[0]->ChosenAnswer;