<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<config><db><host>localhost</host><dbname>with_the_rent</dbname><user>root</user><pass>admin123</pass> </db><smarty><left_delimiter><{</left_delimiter><right_delimiter>}></right_delimiter></smarty></config>
<?php
$doc=new DOMDocument("1.0","utf-8");
$doc->load("config.xml");
$root=$doc->documentElement;
$childs=$root->childNodes;
for($i=0;$i<$childs->length;$i++){
$child=$childs->item($i);
$config[$child->nodeName]=array();
$childNode=$child->childNodes;
for($j=0;$j<$childNode->length;$j++){
$item=$childNode->item($j);
$config[$child->nodeName][$item->nodeName]=$item->nodeValue;
}
}
var_dump($config);