What is the purpose of using simplexml_load_file in PHP to extract a timestamp from an XML file?

To extract a timestamp from an XML file using simplexml_load_file in PHP, you can load the XML file into a SimpleXMLElement object and then access the timestamp value using the appropriate XML path. This function simplifies the process of parsing XML data and extracting specific information from it. 

$xml = simplexml_load_file('file.xml');
$timestamp = (string) $xml->timestamp;
echo $timestamp;

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simplexml_load_file PHP timestamp XML file extraction

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