use xml to create html links using php

What I want to do is create links for my site according to an XML document. example:

<menu>
  <item>
    <name>Menu Item One</name>
    <itemurl>folder\location\page.php</itemurl>
    <caption>This text to be applied to the 'title' attribute</caption>
  </item>
...
</menu>

I want each 'item' to be a link on the site. The menu will be its own page incorporated into the site with the 'include' function. This way, I just edit the XML file to add/remove menu items. If I need to format the XML differently is not a big deal, especially if it can be done easier than what I am thinking. I want the navigation menu to be at the very top of the page inside a table with only a single row and each link inside its own datacell. For test purposes, all of the files will be in a common folder; index.php (includes the menu.php), menu.php, menu.xml... I am not sure what other information is needed.

The outcome for each item should ideally be something like:

<td class="menuitem">
  <a href=$ItemURL title=$Caption>$ItemName</a>
</td>

ANY help on this topic would be greatly appreciated. I have found some text on PHP and XML but cannot figure out this specific task. Sorry to all moderators if I have mis-posted somehow.