the fastest way to get xml and use it in php -
until doing @simplexml_load_file , on returned xml going xpath the website got big traffic , taking alot of time xml load. the host told me try get_file_contents don't know in order read returned content xml object they said try curl or wget me same first 1 i'm stuck with what can in order xml, fest possible partners api, , still able read xml? the fastest xml library in php xmlreader . it's pretty obscure ( i think has few php users understand , able use it ) blazing fast because: the xmlreader extension xml pull parser. reader acts cursor going forward on document stream , stopping @ each node on way. which means xml document not preloaded in memory. part it's parsing loaded in memory.