$file = file("http://www.mxweas.com/sample.xml"); $file = implode("\n",$file); $file = str_replace("media:","",$file); $file = str_replace("yt:","",$file); $file = str_replace("gd:","",$file); preg_match_all("|totalResults\>([0-9]*)<|",$file,$out); $total_results = $out[1][0]; $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($file);