<?php
$xmlstr = <<<XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<elements>
<element>
<title>Test Story 1</title>
<tagline>This is the first test story.</tagline>
<startdate>12/10/2012</startdate>
<enddate>12/20/2012</enddate>
<file/>
<link>http://www.google.com</link>
</element>
</elements>
XML;
$xml = simplexml_load_string($xmlstr);
$editEntry = new SimpleXMLElement($xml->asXML());
$editEntry->element[0]->title = "New Title";
echo($editEntry->asXML());
?>