setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_CASE, PDO::CASE_LOWER); $q = $dbh->query("SELECT kunde, system, plz, ort FROM kunden"); $cust = $q->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC); $doc = new SimpleXMLElement(""); foreach($cust as $c) { $p = $doc->addChild("Placemark"); $p->addChild("name", $c['kunde']); $p->addChild("description", $c['system']); $point = $p->addChild("Point"); $point->addChild("coordinates", "-122.0822035425683,37.42228990140251,0"); } echo $doc->asXML();