- var_dump: documentation ( source)
<?php
$xml = <<<XML
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<a>
<b>
<c>
<value>
<somenode>aasdf</somenode>
</value>
</c>
</b>
</a>
XML;
$a = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
foreach ($a->b->c->children() as $child) {
var_dump((bool)$child->somenode);
var_dump($child->somenode);
}