- var_dump: documentation ( source)
<?php
$xml = <<<EOT
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<Y><X>6098881</X></Y>
EOT;
$sxml = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
foreach ($sxml->children() as $xmlKey => $xmlNode) {
var_dump(
empty($xmlNode), (string) $xmlNode, $xmlNode->asxml()
);
}
$xmlNode = new SimpleXMLElement('<X>501936634a721</X>');
var_dump(
empty($xmlNode), (string) $xmlNode, $xmlNode->asxml()
);