<?php
class xml  {
    var $parser;

    function xml()
    {
        $this->parser = xml_parser_create();

        xml_set_object($this->parser, $this);
        xml_set_element_handler($this->parser, "tag_open", "tag_close");
        xml_set_character_data_handler($this->parser, "cdata");
    }

    function parse($data)
    {
        xml_parse($this->parser, $data);
    }

    function tag_open($parser, $tag, $attributes)
    {
        var_dump($parser, $tag, $attributes);
    }

    function cdata($parser, $cdata)
    {
        var_dump($parser, $cdata);
    }

    function tag_close($parser, $tag)
    {
        var_dump($parser, $tag);
    }

} // end of class xml

$xml_parser = new xml();
$xml_parser->parse("<A ID='hallo'>PHP</A>");
?>

resource(2) of type (xml)
string(1) "A"
array(1) {
  ["ID"]=>
  string(5) "hallo"
}
resource(2) of type (xml)
string(3) "PHP"
resource(2) of type (xml)
string(1) "A"