practicagas/app/Http/Controllers/SaveXmlController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Models\XmlData;

class SaveXmlController extends Controller
{
    public function index(Request $req)
    {
        if($req->isMethod("POST")){

            $xmlDataString = file_get_contents(public_path('places.xml'));
            $xmlObject = simplexml_load_string($xmlDataString);

            $json = json_encode($xmlObject);
            $phpDataArray = json_decode($json, true);



            if(count($phpDataArray['place']) > 0){

                $dataArray = array();

                foreach($phpDataArray['place'] as $index => $data){

                    $dataArray[] = [
                        "place place_id" => $data['place_id'],
                        "name" => $data['name'],
                    ];
                }

                XmlData::insert($dataArray);

                return back()->with('success','Data saved successfully!');
            }
        }

        return view("xml-data");
    }
}