XML and its associated technologies have been around for many years. Although some support has been available, it has not always been easy to work with XML using PHP. This all changed with the release of PHP 5. The inclusion of a variety of XML processors provides a developer with an arsenal of tools to tackle virtually any type of challenge involving XML. PHP 5 also went the extra step with the creation of the SOAP extension, providing native SOAP client and server support and allowing a developer to quickly and easily consume or create Web services.
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