Working with XML Documents <quote>Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.</quote> </story> <story> <title>The Stockbroker's Clerk</title> <quote>Results without causes are much more impressive. </quote> </story> <story> <title>The Final Problem</title> <quote>If I were assured of your eventual destruction I would, in the interests of the public, cheerfully accept my own.</quote> </story> </book> </books> Loading XML from files and strings using SimpleXML True to its name, SimpleXML functions provide an easy way to access data from XML documents. XML files or strings can be converted into objects, and data can be read from them. We will see how to load an XML from a file or string using SimpleXML functions. You will also learn how to handle errors in XML documents.