<?php
$a='
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<RESPONSE>
<SINGLE>
<KEY name="id"><VALUE>2</VALUE>
</KEY>
<KEY name="username"><VALUE>admin</VALUE>
</KEY>
<KEY name="password"><VALUE>$2y$10$7M7tcqJDwqmKZRenKGyB8.SYLMkErOSRgrLDd/bxDCBMJyVpTMKlO</VALUE>
</KEY>
<KEY name="firstname"><VALUE>Admin</VALUE>
</KEY>
<KEY name="lastname"><VALUE>User</VALUE>
</KEY>
<KEY name="email"><VALUE>nihar.cbsh@gmail.com</VALUE>
</KEY>
<KEY name="skype"><VALUE></VALUE>
</KEY>
<KEY name="phone"><VALUE null="null"/>
</KEY>
<KEY name="city"><VALUE></VALUE>
</KEY>
<KEY name="country"><VALUE></VALUE>
</KEY>
<KEY name="lang"><VALUE>en</VALUE>
</KEY>
<KEY name="avatar"><VALUE null="null"/>
</KEY>
<KEY name="timemodified"><VALUE>1401336631</VALUE>
</KEY>
</SINGLE>
</RESPONSE>';
$b=explode("<VALUE>",$a);
echo $b[2];
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