# Loading xml data into arrays - Please help

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**Created:** [April 10, 2009, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-xml-data-into-arrays-please-help/286114 "2009-04-10T09:23:59Z")\
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Hi I have been trying for the last two days to make these arrays so that I can manipulae the data.

The file loads fine and I can load the different ellements into a text field.

there are many courses element - below is an example of one

I think I need a recursive function but I can not get it to work. Help please

\<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“UTF-8” standalone=“yes”?\>  
\<coursesSummary\>  
\<courses\>  
\<year\>2009\</year\>  
\<quarter\>1\</quarter\>  
\<region\>Central Courses\</region\>  
\<coursecode\>3634500\</coursecode\>  
\<coursetitle\>Great course\</coursetitle\>  
\<coursesrun\>1\</coursesrun\>  
\<maxplaces\>10\</maxplaces\>  
\<numberattended\>9\</numberattended\>  
\<splitbyregion\>no\</splitbyregion\>  
\<centralreport\>yes\</centralreport\>  
\</courses\>  
//courses elements are are repeated here  
\</coursesSummary\>