# this line represents the xml that I would receive from a client.
$xmlstring = 
'<listofitems>
<item>
<itemid>1234</itemid>
<itemname>genericname</itemname>
<tablefield>1234;id</tablefield>
</item>
<item>
<itemid>1235></itemid>
<itemname>genericname2</itemname>
<tablefield>1235;id</tablefield>
<tablefield>1;specialtiem</tablefield>
</item>
</listofitems>';