--TEST-- Bug #72957: Null coalescing operator doesn't behave as expected with SimpleXMLElement --SKIPIF-- --FILE-- Text'); echo 'elem2 is: ' . ($xml->elem2 ?? 'backup string') . "\n"; echo 'elem2 is: ' . (isset($xml->elem2) ? $xml->elem2 : 'backup string') . "\n"; ?> --EXPECT-- elem2 is: backup string elem2 is: backup string