Getting text / a string from SimpleXMLElement Object

if (file_exists(drupal_get_path('module', 'complimentmigration') . '/MyManual08-088-18.xml')) {
      $xml = simplexml_load_file(drupal_get_path('module', 'complimentmigration') . '/MyManual08-088-18.xml');
      $xml2 = (string) $xml->section->version->title;
      drupal_set_message('
' . print_r($xml2, TRUE) . '
');

    }

reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2867575/get-value-from-simplexmlele…