Is there something similar in ASP.NET to PHP's SimpleXML

Question

If I want to convert my PHP application to ASP.NET… what do you recommend and why?

I'm currently using PHP's simplexml_load_string() method because it's, well, …simple.

For example, for PHP to process an http request in the form of XML I just use:

$FILERAWDATA = file_get_contents("php://input");  
$xml = simplexml_load_string($FILERAWDATA);

Then grab the values from the xml nodes like such:

@$itemid = $xml->itemid;
// then use the node value as a PHP var $itemid

So, does ASP.NET have anything similar?

Thanks for reading.

AlejandroConsueloRodriguezMiguel -- also known as Fred :)

Answer 1

is this what you are lookin for ?

Dim xml As New XmlDocument()
xml.LoadXml(SomeXMLString)
Dim itemID as String = xml.GetElementsByTagName("itemID")(0).InnerText

this assumes that there is only one ItemID -> (0) first

Answer 2

Linq to XML

http://www.hookedonlinq.com/LINQtoXML5MinuteOverview.ashx

Answer 3

You'll want to use the .Net XML namespace and XMLDocument class:

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/mahesh/readwritexmltutmellli2111282005041517am/readwritexmltutmellli21.aspx