--TEST-- Bug #39760 (cloning fails on nested SimpleXML-Object) --SKIPIF-- <?php if (!extension_loaded("simplexml")) print "skip simplexml extension is not loaded"; ?> --FILE-- <?php $xml = '<?xml version="1.0" ?> <test> <level1> <level2a>text1</level2a> <level2b>text2</level2b> </level1> </test>'; $test = simplexml_load_string($xml); var_dump($test->level1->level2a); $test2 = clone $test; var_dump($test2->level1->level2a); $test3 = clone $test->level1->level2a; var_dump($test3); echo "Done\n"; ?> --EXPECTF-- object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (1) { [0]=> string(5) "text1" } object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (1) { [0]=> string(5) "text1" } object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (1) { [0]=> string(5) "text1" } Done