<?php
$string="
<result>
    <item>
        <id>1</id>
        <name>name 1</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>2</id>
        <name>name 1</name>
    </item>

</result>";

$xml = simplexml_load_string($string);

//print_r($xml);


foreach($xml->item as $item)
{
echo $item->id."\n";
}

?>

1
2