Online PHP editor | refs for nAFbv

<?php class A { static $foo = array( 'gencon2014' => 'baz' ); } $data = '<?xml version="1.0"?> <geekbuzz> <geekdata><leaderboard type="gencon2014">Gen Con 2014</leaderboard> <timestamp>Tue, 12 Aug 2014 20:26:27 +0200</timestamp> </geekdata> </geekbuzz>'; $dataobj = new SimpleXMLElement( $data ); $var = (string)$dataobj->geekdata->leaderboard['type']; var_dump( A::$foo[$var] ); var_dump( !A::$foo[$var] );