--TEST-- SimpleXML: accessing singular subnode as array --SKIPIF-- --FILE-- EOF; $xml2 =<< EOF; $people = simplexml_load_string($xml); var_dump($people->person['name']); var_dump($people->person[0]['name']); //$people->person['name'] = "XXX"; //var_dump($people->person['name']); //var_dump($people->person[0]['name']); //$people->person[0]['name'] = "YYY"; //var_dump($people->person['name']); //var_dump($people->person[0]['name']); //unset($people->person[0]['name']); //var_dump($people->person['name']); //var_dump($people->person[0]['name']); //var_dump(isset($people->person['name'])); //var_dump(isset($people->person[0]['name'])); $people = simplexml_load_string($xml2); var_dump($people->person[0]['name']); var_dump($people->person[1]['name']); ?> ===DONE=== --EXPECTF-- object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (1) { [0]=> string(3) "Joe" } object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (1) { [0]=> string(3) "Joe" } object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (1) { [0]=> string(3) "Joe" } object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (1) { [0]=> string(3) "Boe" } ===DONE===