# Getting my head round some XML

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-my-head-round-some-xml/215627>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 8, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-my-head-round-some-xml/215627 "2007-02-08T20:22:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Immulsifier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b2d939/32.png) [@Immulsifier](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Immulsifier)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-my-head-round-some-xml/215627/1 "2007-02-08T20:22:30Z")

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Hi

I am trying to get my head round learning some XML. I have an XML file as below:

```php

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<main>
	<famliy1>
		<family name="Smiths" />
	</family1>
	<famliy2>
		<family name="Jones" />
	</family2>
</main>

```

How do I go about accessing the family name values in flash if I have the basic setup for loading XML files such as:

var myXML = new XML();  
myXML.ignoreWhite = true;  
myXML.onLoad = function (){  
_Need Help with what goes here_  
}  
myXML.load(“the\_xml.xml”);