Learn how to access your mysql database and have php render XML structure from the results. <?php // PHP file that renders Dynamic XML for MySQL Database result sets // Script written by Adam Khoury @ www.developphp.com - April 05, 2010 // View the video that is tied to this script for maximum understanding // ------------------------------------------------------------------- header("Content-Type: text/xml"); // set the content type to xml // Initialize the xmlOutput variable $xmlBody = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>'; $xmlBody .= "<XML>"; // Connect to your MySQL database whatever way you like to here mysql_connect("DB_HostName","DB_UserName","DB_Password") or die (mysql_error()); mysql_select_db("DB_Name") or die ("no database"); // Execute the Query on the database to select items(20 in this example) $sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM my_table ORDER BY date_time DESC LIMIT 0, 20"); while($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql)){ // Set DB variables into local variables for easier use $id = $row["id"]; $title = $row["title"]; $date_time = strftime("%b %d, %Y", strtotime($row["date_time"])); $description = $row["description"]; // Start filling the $xmlBody variable with looping content here inside the while loop // It will loop through 20 items from the database and render into XML format $xmlBody .= ' <Data> <DataID>' . $id . '</DataID> <DataTitle>' . $title . '</DataTitle> <DataDate>' . $title . '</DataDate> <DataDescr>' . $description . '</DataDescr> </Data>'; } // End while loop mysql_close(); // close the mysql database connection $xmlBody .= "</XML>"; echo $xmlBody; // output the gallery data as XML file for flash ?>