--TEST-- SimpleXML: adding/removing attributes (direct) --SKIPIF-- --FILE-- EOF; $people = simplexml_load_string($xml); var_dump($people->person['name']); var_dump($people->person['age']); $person = $people->person; $person['name'] = "XXX"; var_dump($people->person['name']); $people->person['age'] = 30; var_dump($people->person['age']); echo "---Unset:---\n"; unset($people->person['age']); echo "---Unset?---\n"; var_dump($people->person['age']); var_dump(isset($people->person['age'])); $people->person['age'] = 30; echo "---Unsupported---\n"; var_dump($people->person['age']); $people->person['age'] += 5; var_dump($people->person['age']); ?> ===DONE=== --EXPECTF-- object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (1) { [0]=> string(3) "Joe" } NULL object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (1) { [0]=> string(3) "XXX" } object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (1) { [0]=> string(2) "30" } ---Unset:--- ---Unset?--- NULL bool(false) ---Unsupported--- object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (1) { [0]=> string(2) "30" } object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (1) { [0]=> string(2) "35" } ===DONE===