Hello all. I've got 2 XML documents (one from a URL and another via MS SQL Server). The structure of these documents is the same, with just a difference in attribute to identify things (the 'data' is different but the variable's name attribute is the key here). <data> <variable name="var_name_x"> <row> <column>data</column> ... </row. ... </variable> </data> I need to merge both documents so that the variable node of each document exists in a new document ... <data> <variable name="var_name_x"> ... </variable> <variable name="var_name_y"> ... </variable> </data> I know I can do this with string manipulation (and that's what I've done), but I'd like to use a more appropriate mechanism (part learning and part keeping the code tidy). I suspect SimpleXMLElement may not be the right tool. Richard. -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend : PHPDoc @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY : bit.ly/lFnVea -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php