How to separate returned values in php?

Question

I am using a php function that will return 2 arrays.below is my function

function imserv($id){

$xml=simplexml_load_file("feed.xml");

$images=$xml->xpath('//IMAGE');
$services=$xml->xpath('//SERVICES');

return array ($images,$services);
}

i use the below code to get results from the services block

$services=imgserv('5874');

foreach ($services as $servicerow)
{   
    var_dump($servicerow);

}

the problem is that when it try to get only the values of the services, it returns both, services and images together. I need to to use both in two different places so how do i separate it to be used differently?

below is my feed,

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<FOUND>
<NFO>
<IMAGES>
    <IMAGE>
      <SMALL>images/small.jpg</SMALL> 
      <MED>images/med.jpg</MED> 
      <LARGE>images/large.jpg</LARGE> 
      <EXTRAL>images/extra.jpg</EXTRAL> 
    </IMAGE>
    <IMAGE>
      <SMALL>images1/small.jpg</SMALL> 
      <MED>images1/med.jpg </MED> 
      <LARGE>images1/large.jpg</LARGE> 
      <EXTRAL>images1/extra.jpg</EXTRAL> 
    </IMAGE>
    <IMAGE>
      <SMALL>images2/small.jpg</SMALL> 
      <MED>images2/med.jpg </MED> 
      <LARGE>images2/large.jpg</LARGE> 
      <EXTRAL>images2/extra.jpg</EXTRAL> 
      </IMAGE>
   </IMAGES>

<SERVICES>
<GROUP><GROUPNAME>Officials</GROUPNAME><SERVICE>
<TYPE>Handy</TYPE>
<NB>0</NB>
</SERVICE>
<SERVICE>
<TYPE>Bedroom</TYPE>
<NB>0</NB>
</SERVICE>
<SERVICE>
<TYPE>Meeting Rooms</TYPE>

<NB>0</NB>
</SERVICE>
<SERVICE>
<TYPE>Conferencing</TYPE>
<NB>0</NB>
</SERVICE>
<SERVICE>
<TYPE>Offices</TYPE>
<NB>0</NB>
</SERVICE>
</GROUP>
<GROUP><GROUPNAME>Reception</GROUPNAME><SERVICE>

<TYPE>Support</TYPE>
<NB>0</NB>
</SERVICE>
<SERVICE>
<TYPE>Reception</TYPE>
<NB>0</NB>
</SERVICE>
<SERVICE>
<TYPE>Telephone</TYPE>
<NB>0</NB>
</SERVICE>

</GROUP>
<GROUP><GROUPNAME>Authent</GROUPNAME><SERVICE>
<TYPE>Cams</TYPE>
<NB>0</NB>
</SERVICE>
</GROUP>
<GROUP><GROUPNAME>IT</GROUPNAME><SERVICE>
<TYPE>Internet</TYPE>
<NB>0</NB>
</SERVICE>
<SERVICE>
<TYPE>Telephone System</TYPE>

<NB>0</NB>
</SERVICE>
</GROUP>
<GROUP><GROUPNAME>Amenities</GROUPNAME>
<SERVICE>
<TYPE>24/7</TYPE>
<NB>0</NB>
</SERVICE>
<SERVICE>
<TYPE>AC</TYPE>
<NB>0</NB>
</SERVICE>

</GROUP>
</SERVICES>
</NFO>
</FOUND>

any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Answer 1

This will do the trick:

list($images, $services) = imgserv('5874');

Answer 2

It would be easier if You change function to something like this:

function imserv($id){
$a = array();
$xml=simplexml_load_file("feed.xml");

$a['images']=$xml->xpath('//IMAGE');
$a['services']=$xml->xpath('//SERVICES');

return $a;
}

Then You will be able to write something like this

$imservarr=imgserv('5874');
foreach ($imservarr['services'] as $servicerow)
{   
var_dump($servicerow);    
}
foreach ($imservarr['images'] as $imagerow)
{   
var_dump($imagerow);    
}