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I have an XML file like the following:

...
<MyElement>Introduction:<br />
   ...
</MyElement>
...

Are there any way to return "Introduction:" and the rest after </br> of that element?

I am using PHP and SimpleXML. Naively use echo $document->MyElement shows "Introduction:...", which mixed up the Introduction line and the content.

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  • you have to include that inside `[[CDATA` because you have a `
    `     – DevZer0 Jul 10 '13 at 23:13
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    However unusual it is, that is legal XML. `
    ` is a legal XML tag (as long as the DTD or schema allows it), and XML tags can appear within a text node.     – Earth Engine Jul 10 '13 at 23:22

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SimpleXML does not have the concept of text-nodes as you might know it from DOMDocument (see as well with this comparison table).

So in PHP the option is that you import the <MyElement> element into DOM and you then do the operation there:

 # prints "Introduction:"

 echo dom_import_simplexml($myElement)->firstChild->data;
 //                                          ^      
 //                                          `- is DOMText
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to read your xml string use the following code, change root_element to match your root element name.

$content = simplexml_load_string($xml_string);
echo $content->root_element->MyElement
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