--TEST-- XMLReader: Expand into existing DOM documet --EXTENSIONS-- xmlreader dom --SKIPIF-- --FILE-- base book'; $xmlstring = ' new book'; $dom = new DOMDocument(); $dom->loadXML($basexml); $reader = new XMLReader(); $reader->XML($xmlstring); while ($reader->read()) { if ($reader->localName == "book") { $node = $reader->expand($dom); if ($node->ownerDocument) { echo $node->ownerDocument->documentElement->firstChild->textContent . "\n"; } break; } } $reader->close(); ?> --EXPECT-- base book