<?php
    $xml = simplexml_load_file('employees.xml');

    echo "<strong>Using direct method...</strong><br />";
    $names = $xml->xpath('/employees/employee/name');
    foreach($names as $name) {
        echo "Found $name<br />";
    }
    echo "<br />";

    echo "<strong>Using indirect method...</strong><br />";
    $employees = $xml->xpath('/employees/employee');
    foreach($employees as $employee) {
        echo "Found {$employee->name}<br />";
    }
    echo "<br />";

    echo "<strong>Using wildcard method...</strong><br />";
    $names = $xml->xpath('//name');
    foreach($names as $name) {
        echo "Found $name<br />";
    }
?>