- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- simplexml_load_string: documentation ( source)
<?php
$xml = simplexml_load_string('<a><![CDATA[OK]]></a>', null, LIBXML_NOCDATA );
var_dump($xml);
var_dump($xml['a']);
var_dump($xml->a);
$content = simplexml_load_string(
'<content><![CDATA[Hello, world!]]></content>'
, null
, LIBXML_NOCDATA
);
var_dump($content);