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i using below code converting xml response php string getting below error

"warning: simplexml_load_string(): entity: line 1: parser error : start tag expected, '<' not found....."
"warning: simplexml_load_string(): example.com...."
"warning: simplexml_load_string(): ^ in /home/example/public_html/example.php on line 9"

<?php echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>'; $url= "example.com"; $xml = simplexml_load_string($url); echo $xml->status; ?> 

well, simplexml_load_string expects xml string passed parameter, not case of code: content of $url variable not valid xml string, thus, errors.

you may want load $url file instead. example:

$xml = simplexml_load_file($url); 

final code:

<?php echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>'; $url ="example.com"; $xml = simplexml_load_file($url); echo $xml->status;