//xml string  
$xml_string="<?xml version='1.0'?> 
<users> 
   <user id='398'> 
      <name>Foo</name> 
      <email>foo@bar.com</name> 
   </user> 
   <user id='867'> 
      <name>Foobar</name> 
      <email>foobar@foo.com</name> 
   </user> 
</users>";  
  
//load the xml string using simplexml  
$xml = simplexml_load_string($xml_string);  
  
//loop through the each node of user  
foreach ($xml->user as $user)  
{  
   //access attribute  
   echo $user['id'], '  ';  
   //subnodes are accessed by -> operator  
   echo $user->name, '  ';  
   echo $user->email, '<br />';  
}