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Inside this article we will see How to read XML file in laravel 8. There are actually very few simple steps and also you can follow this step in any PHP and it’s framework. This is not laravel specific.
To know the topic, reading xml file in laravel we will consider a sample xml and read it in code.

Above image is view of sample xml file and it’s data. You can download this
Let’s get started.
Installation of Laravel 8 Application
Laravel Installation can be done in two ways.
- Laravel Installer
- By using composer
Laravel Installer
To install Laravel via Laravel installer, we need to install it’s installer first. We need to make use of composer for that.
$ composer global require laravel/installer
This command will install laravel installer at system. This installation is at global scope, so you type command from any directory at terminal. To verify type the given command –
$ laravel
This command will open a command palette of Laravel Installer.
To create ad install laravel project in system,
$ laravel new blog
With the name of blog a laravel project will be created at your specified path.
By using composer
Alternatively, we can also install Laravel by Composer command create-project. If your system doesn’t has Composer Installed, Click here to Install Composer ? Here is the complete command to create a laravel project-
$ composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog
After following these steps we can install a Laravel 8 application into system. To start the development server of Laravel –
$ php artisan serve
This command outputs –
Starting Laravel development server: http://127.0.0.1:8000
Assuming laravel 8 already installed at system.
Create Controller
We need to create a controller where we will parse or read xml data string from file. Open laravel project into shell or terminal and type this command.
To create Controller –
$ php artisan make:controller ReadXmlController
It will create a file inside /app/Http/Controllers.
Open up the created file ReadXmlController.php into editor
<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers; use Illuminate\Http\Request; class ReadXmlController extends Controller { public function index() { $xmlDataString = file_get_contents(public_path('sample-course.xml')); $xmlObject = simplexml_load_string($xmlDataString); $json = json_encode($xmlObject); $phpDataArray = json_decode($json, true); // echo "<pre>"; // print_r($phpDataArray); dd($phpDataArray); } }
- public_path(‘sample-course.xml’) XML file should be placed in public directory. public_path returns the path upto /public folder
- simplexml_load_string($xmlDataString); It’s a PHP function used to read xml file
Create Route
Open web.php file from /routes
//.. other code # Import controller use App\Http\Controllers\ReadXmlController; Route::get("read-xml", [ReadXmlController::class, "index"]);
Application Testing
Open project to terminal and type the command to start development server
$ php artisan serve
Open up the URL – http://localhost:8000/read-xml

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