<?php
function parseXML($node,$seq,$path) {
global $oldpath;
    if (!$node->read())
      return;
    if ($node->nodeType != 15) {
      print '<br/>'.$node->depth;
      print '-'.$seq++;
      print '  '.$path.'/'.($node->nodeType==3?'text() = ':$node->name);
      print $node->value;
      if ($node->hasAttributes) { 
        print ' [hasAttributes: ';
        while ($node->moveToNextAttribute()) print '@'.$node->name.' = '.$node->value.' ';
        print ']';
        }
      if ($node->nodeType == 1) {
        $oldpath=$path;
        $path.='/'.$node->name;
        }
      parseXML($node,$seq,$path);
      }
    else parseXML($node,$seq,$oldpath); 
}
$source = "<tag1>this<tag2 id='4' name='foo'>is</tag2>a<tag2 id='5'>common</tag2>record</tag1>";
$xml = new XMLReader();
$xml->XML($source);
print htmlspecialchars($source).'<br/>';
parseXML($xml,0,'');
?>
Output:
<tag1>this<tag2 id='4' name='foo'>is</tag2>a<tag2 id='5'>common</tag2>record</tag1>
0-0 /tag1
1-1 /tag1/text() = this
1-2 /tag1/tag2 [hasAttributes: @id = 4 @name = foo ]
2-3 /tag1/text() = is
1-4 /text() = a
1-5 /tag2 [hasAttributes: @id = 5 ]
2-6 /text() = common
1-7 /text() = record