<features>
<name>Holy moly</name>
 ....

 </features>

<features>

<name>what the...</name>
 ...

 </features>

<?php
include 'example.php';//heres my xml content

$features = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstr);

/* For each <character> node, we echo a separate <name>. */
foreach ($features->properties as $properties) {
   echo "<br />".$properties->name, ' played by ', $properties->website, PHP_EOL;
}

?>

foreach ($root->features as $features) {
foreach ($features->properties as $properties) {
echo "<br />".$properties->name, ' played by ', $properties->website, PHP_EOL;
 } }