假如有下面xml文件:
<span style="font-family:SimSun;"><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<setting>
<setting1>setting1 value</setting1>
<setting2>setting2 value</setting2>
<setting3>setting3 value</setting3>
....
....
....
</setting></span>// CREATE
$config = new SimpleXmlElement('<settings/>');
$config->setting1 = 'setting1 value';
$config->saveXML('config.xml');
// READ
$config = new SimpleXmlElement('config.xml');
echo $config->setting1;
echo $config->asXml();
// UPDATE
$config->setting1 = 'new value';
$config->setting2 = 'setting2 value';
echo $config->asXml();
// DELETE
unset($config->setting1);
$config->setting2 = NULL;
echo $config->asXML();
unlink('config.xml');原文地址:http://blog.csdn.net/xiebaochun/article/details/38893469