# SimpleXML

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simplexml/183304>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 25, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simplexml/183304 "2006-03-25T17:44:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![takethetrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@takethetrain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/takethetrain)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simplexml/183304/1 "2006-03-25T17:44:47Z")

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Hi everyone!

Does anyone know where to find a decent tutorial on the PHP5 simpleXML function? I’m using this to update an XML file, and so far I’ve managed to bring external XML into my PHP file as a simpleXML object and convert that to an array, but I can’t figure out how to convert the array back into a simpleXML object to send it out again.

Thanks for your help!

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simplexml/183304/2 "2006-03-25T18:08:05Z")

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[http://www.php.net/simplexml](http://www.php.net/simplexml)

The documentation is excellent.

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**Author:** ![takethetrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@takethetrain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/takethetrain)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simplexml/183304/3 "2006-03-26T15:57:17Z")

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I wouldn’t say excellent–extensive, perhaps, but not going in the direction I need. I was hoping to find resources beyond [php.net](http://php.net) and [Zend.com](http://Zend.com). Thanks though!