PHP Code: 
public string getSetting(string settingNode)
        {
            
xmldoc.Load(xmlFile);
            
XmlNodeList list = xmldoc.GetElementsByTagName("Settings");
           
            if (list.
Count == 0) return String.Empty;

            return 
searchNode.SelectSingleNode(settingNode.Replace(" ""_")).InnerText;

        } 
Like so Coderz Corner ftw. Who said it was a crap idea.