--TEST-- SimpleXML: clone --SKIPIF-- --FILE-- EOF; $sxe = simplexml_load_string($xml); $copy = clone $sxe; var_dump($copy); ?> ===DONE=== --EXPECTF-- object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (2) { [u"@attributes"]=> array(1) { [u"id"]=> unicode(5) "elem1" } [u"elem1"]=> object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (3) { [u"@attributes"]=> array(1) { [u"attr1"]=> unicode(5) "first" } [u"comment"]=> object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (0) { } [u"elem2"]=> object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (1) { [u"elem3"]=> object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (1) { [u"elem4"]=> object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (1) { [u"test"]=> object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (0) { } } } } } } ===DONE===