si se puede...
ejemplo:
Código:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<books>
<book>
<author>Jack Herrington</author>
<title>PHP Hacks</title>
<publisher>O'Reilly</publisher>
</book>
<book>
<author>Jack Herrington</author>
<title>Podcasting Hacks</title>
<publisher>O'Reilly</publisher>
</book>
</books>
Código PHP:
<?php
$file="books.xml";
$data = file_get_contents($file);
$xml = simplexml_load_string($data);
// ejemplo
foreach ($xml->book as $book){
echo "Author: ".$book->author."<br />";
echo "Title: ".$book->title."<br />";
echo "Publisher: ".$book->publisher."<br />";
echo "<hr />";
}
?>