importing xml file to mysql

[Laura Schneiderman]

I have an xml file that takes the following format:

<markers>

<marker lat="" lng="" label="" age="" street="" neighborhood="" date="" race="" gender="" cause="" image="" height="" alt="" />

...

</markers>

I'd like to import this data into a mysql database, but I haven't seen an example of how to do that with a file structured in this way. Can you open the file, read in its contents, and load each value into a database with PHP? Is there a better way?