--TEST-- SimpleXML: Adding an elements without text --SKIPIF-- <?php if (!extension_loaded("simplexml")) print "skip"; ?> --FILE-- <?php $xml =<<<EOF <people></people> EOF; function traverse_xml($xml, $pad = '') { $name = $xml->getName(); echo "$pad<$name"; foreach($xml->attributes() as $attr => $value) { echo " $attr=\"$value\""; } echo ">" . trim($xml) . "\n"; foreach($xml->children() as $node) { traverse_xml($node, $pad.' '); } echo $pad."</$name>\n"; } $people = simplexml_load_string($xml); traverse_xml($people); $people->person['name'] = 'John'; traverse_xml($people); ?> ===DONE=== --EXPECTF-- <people> </people> <people> <person name="John"> </person> </people> ===DONE===