use XML::Simple;
my $xml = XMLin("foo.xml");

use Data::Dumper;
print Dumper $xml;

##</code><code>##

$VAR1 = {
          'inside' => {
                        'name' => 'Wibble',
                        'content' => 'some data'
                      }
        };

##</code><code>##

my $name = $xml->{'inside'}{'name'};