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<?php
$lib  = simplexml_load_file("test.xml");
$children = $lib->book->children();

print_r($children);
?>

For iteration, we can try like this:

<?php
$lib  = simplexml_load_file("test.xml");
$children = $lib->children();

foreach($children as $node){
  echo $node->title;
  echo "<br />";
}

?>