# Displaying xml in AS3

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**Created:** [October 1, 2009, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-xml-in-as3/297390 "2009-10-01T11:12:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Baiji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a698b9/32.png) [@Baiji](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Baiji)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-xml-in-as3/297390/1 "2009-10-01T11:12:34Z")

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Hi, I have the following problem:

I retrieve a date and time form a mysql db through php and display it on my AS3 page in a dynamic txtfield but it also displays the xml tags, so it looks like this:  
\<date\>Saturday 14.10 Time: 13.00\</date\>

How do I display this without the tags?

Thanks!

Baiji