creating an array from xml elements

I'm not sure if this has been asked before, or if it should be common knowledge, but I was wondering if there was a way to feed the elements from an xml feed into an array. It doesn't really matter what language, so long as it is a good one for handling this issue. Here is a better example of what I mean:

if the XML file consists of name, date, email, then is there a way to feed these headers into an array?

Thanks in advance for your help in this matter.