2017.5.17

xml-file 1

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<note>
<firstname>My name is WHAT</firstname>
<lastname>My name is WHO</lastname>
<body>My name is CHIKA CHIKA Slim-Shady</body>
</note>

xml-file 2

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<note>
<firstname>My name is WHAT</firstname>
<lastname>My name is WHO</lastname>
<body><b>My name is CHIKA CHIKA Slim-Shady</b></body>
</note>

question:how can i get body content in file 2

$note = simplexml_load_file("xml-file 1");
echo $note->body;　　//My name is CHIKA CHIKA Slim-Shady

$note = simplexml_load_file("xml-file 2");
echo $note->body;　　//empty

solution 1:asXML() method will give you the "outerXML" which you then remove with strip_tags

echo strip_tags($note->body->asXml());　　//My name is CHIKA CHIKA Slim-Shady

solution 2:importing the node into DOM and then getting it's nodeValue

echo dom_import_simplexml($note->body)->nodeValue;