--TEST-- Bug #38406 (crash when assigning objects to SimpleXML attributes) --SKIPIF-- --FILE-- '); $item->attribute = b'something'; var_dump($item->attribute); $item->otherAttribute = $item->attribute; var_dump($item->otherAttribute); $a = array(); $item->$a = new stdclass; echo "Done\n"; ?> --EXPECTF-- object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (1) { [0]=> string(9) "something" } object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (1) { [0]=> string(9) "something" } Notice: Array to string conversion in %s on line %d Warning: It is not yet possible to assign complex types to properties in %s on line %d Done