--TEST-- SimpleXML: Adding an elements without text --SKIPIF-- --FILE-- EOF; function traverse_xml($xml, $pad = '') { $name = $xml->getName(); echo "$pad<$name"; foreach($xml->attributes() as $attr => $value) { echo " $attr=\"$value\""; } echo ">" . trim($xml) . "\n"; foreach($xml->children() as $node) { traverse_xml($node, $pad.' '); } echo $pad."\n"; } $people = simplexml_load_string($xml); traverse_xml($people); $people->person['name'] = 'John'; traverse_xml($people); ?> --EXPECT--