PHP load XML into object

Question

I am trying to import each story into an object. Each object will have multiple strings (start and end) along with arrays generated from content in the additional-content. An small example would be:

<feed>
  <story>
    <run>
      <start>1/1/2012</start>
      <end>3/1/2012</end>
    </run>
    <additional-content>
      <content>
         <sample>Sample story example</sample>
      </content>
      <content>
         <sample>Sample story example</sample>
      </content>
    </additional-content>
</story>
...
</feed>

I all the xml being imported to a string. Also, I am trying to do this without libraries. I understand looping through each story but am unsure how to load the content into the object while also generating the array correctly. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

simplexml loads xml into an object and you'll be able to work with it exactly as you're asking.

$xml = simplexml_load_string($stories);