I'm attempting to parse an XML file, and generate & insert the element data into a mysql database. Any pointers? The xml document in this case is deep nested and element data contained goes into one table.
You can start with using a SimpleXML object (really easy).
Here's the documentation: http://php.net/manual/en/book.simplexml.php
Here's a tutorial: http://www.willfitch.com/simplexml-tutorial-part1.html.