$xmldata = <<<XML
<?xml version='1.0' standalone='yes'?>
<order>
	<orderid>1</orderid>
	<name>Scott</name>
	<email>test@test.com</email>
</order>
XML;

$xml = urlencode($xmldata);
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement(urldecode($xml));
print "<pre>".print_r($xml>order[1], 1)."</pre>";