Strange Result from SIMPLEXML_LOAD_File

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Have been watching the forums for a while and they have helped me out quite a lot. But I can't see an answer to this.

I have an XML file that I want to process into an mySQL database and think that using SIMPLEXML will be the way forward. To get things going I've picked up an example from a web site but it's not working as I expect, here's the code and XML

[code]<?php
include 'example.xml';

$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstr);

echo $xml->movie[0]->plot; // "So this language. It's like..."
?> [/code]

[code]<?xml version="1.0"?>
<movies>
<movie>
  <title>PHP: Behind the Parser</title>
  <characters>
  <character>
    <name>Ms. Coder</name>
    <actor>Onlivia Actora</actor>
  </character>
  <character>
    <name>Mr. Coder</name>
    <actor>El Act&#211;r</actor>
  </character>
  </characters>
  <plot>
  So, this language. It's like, a programming language. Or is it a
  scripting language? All is revealed in this thrilling horror spoof
  of a documentary.
  </plot>
  <rating type="thumbs">7</rating>
  <rating type="stars">5</rating>
</movie>
</movies>[/code]

Instead of putting out "So, this language. It's like....." it displays

[quote]Ms. Coder Onlivia Actora Mr. Coder El ActÓr So, this language. It's like, a programming language. Or is it a scripting language? All is revealed in this thrilling horror spoof of a documentary. 7 [/quote]

I have PHP 5.1.6.

Can anyone suggest why it's putting out more than just the plot tag?

Thanks in advance

Mark

[RibTime]

I have sorted the problem and it wasn't my ability to cut/paste in the original post :P, either

Cheers

Mark