Good way to read xml

<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->load( 'books.xml' );

$books = $doc->getElementsByTagName( "book" );
foreach( $books as $book )
{
$authors = $book->getElementsByTagName( "author" );
$author = $authors->item(0)->nodeValue;

$publishers = $book->getElementsByTagName( "publisher" );
$publisher = $publishers->item(0)->nodeValue;

$titles = $book->getElementsByTagName( "title" );
$title = $titles->item(0)->nodeValue;

echo "$title - $author - $publisher\n";
}
?>