What are best practices for handling XML attributes in PHP?

When handling XML attributes in PHP, it is best practice to use the SimpleXML extension, which provides an easy way to access and manipulate XML data. To access attributes, you can use the attributes() method on a SimpleXMLElement object. This method returns an array of attributes, which you can then access like any other array in PHP. 

$xml = '<book author="John Doe"><title>Sample Book</title></book>';
$simpleXml = simplexml_load_string($xml);

// Accessing the attribute 'author'
$author = $simpleXml->attributes()['author'];

echo $author; // Output: John Doe

Keywords

SimpleXML DOMDocument XMLReader XPath Attribute handling

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