--TEST-- SimpleXML and Entities --SKIPIF-- --FILE-- ]> Plain text. &included-entity; EOF; $sxe = simplexml_load_string($xml); print_r($sxe); echo "---Done---\n"; ?> --EXPECT-- simplexml_element Object ( [elem1] => simplexml_element Object ( [comment] => simplexml_element Object ( ) [elem2] => simplexml_element Object ( [elem3] => simplexml_element Object ( [included-entity] => simplexml_element Object ( [included-entity] => This is text included from an entity ) [elem4] => simplexml_element Object ( [test] => simplexml_element Object ( ) ) ) ) ) ) ---Done---