how to read xml file from url using php

Question

I have to read an XML file from an URL

$map_url = \"http://maps.google.com/maps/api/directions/xml?origin=\".$merchant_address_url.\"&destination=\".$cus         


        

Answer 1

$url = 'http://www.example.com'; $xml = simpleXML_load_file($url,"SimpleXMLElement",LIBXML_NOCDATA);

$url can be php file, as long as the file generate xml format data as output.