--TEST-- SimpleXML and foreach --SKIPIF-- --FILE-- $val) { var_dump($name); var_dump(get_class($val)); var_dump(trim((string)$val)); } ?> ===DONE=== --EXPECT-- string(5) "elem1" string(17) "simplexml_element" string(10) "Bla bla 1." string(6) "elem11" string(17) "simplexml_element" string(10) "Bla bla 2." ===DONE===