Can somebody please point to a well-written beginners tutorial on how to parse an XML file using PHP?

Answer 1

If you've got PHP version 5+, I'd recommend you take a look at the SimpleXML API.

Here's a tutorial for it on IBM Developerworks (an excellent site) http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/x-simplexml.html

Answer 2

Try this link