function get_xml($xmlUrl, $articles) {
    function objectsIntoArray($arrObjData, $arrSkipIndices = array()) {
        $arrData = array();

        // if input is object, convert into array
        if (is_object($arrObjData)) {
            $arrObjData = get_object_vars($arrObjData);
        }

        if (is_array($arrObjData)) {
            foreach ($arrObjData as $index => $value) {
                if (is_object($value) || is_array($value)) {
                    $value = objectsIntoArray($value, $arrSkipIndices); // recursive call
                }
                if (in_array($index, $arrSkipIndices)) {
                    continue;
                }
                $arrData[$index] = $value;
            }
        }
        return $arrData;
    }

    $xmlStr = file_get_contents($xmlUrl);
    $xmlObj = simplexml_load_string($xmlStr);
    $arrXml = objectsIntoArray($xmlObj);

    $i = 0;
    foreach($arrXml['Assignments']['Assignment'] as $item) {
        echo '<ul class="parserItem">';
        echo '<li><span>'.$item['MunicipalityName'].'</span></li>';
        echo '................'
        echo '</ul>';
        if (++$i == $articles+1) break;
    }
}