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