This simple example mentions how the data from the xml file can be read and displayed in a textbox in the html file. It illustrates the concept which simplifies understanding the basics.   The structure of file.xml is:-   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>  <root>HELLO</root>    This code lies in  file.php:-  <?php   $xdoc = new DOMDocument( '1.0', 'UTF-8' );  $xdoc->Load("file.xml");  $candidate = $xdoc->getElementsByTagName('root')->item(0);  $newElement = $xdoc ->createElement('root');  $txtNode = $xdoc ->createTextNode ($root);  $newElement -> appendChild($txtNode);  $candidate -> appendChild($newElement);  $msg = $candidate->nodeValue;  ?>    This code lies in file.html  <input type="text" name="msgval" value="<?php echo $msg; ?>" />    It will display the data in $msg variable in the textbox names msgval.