--TEST-- Bug #72588 (Using global var doesn't work while accessing SimpleXML element) --SKIPIF-- <?php if (!extension_loaded("simplexml")) die("skip SimpleXML not available"); ?> --FILE-- <?php $tpnb = 5; $dummy = &$tpnb; $xmlStruct = <<<EOF <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <templates> <object type="obj_1" label="Label for object 1"></object> <object type="obj_2" label="Label for object 2"></object> <object type="obj_3" label="Label for object 3"></object> <object type="obj_4" label="Label for object 4"></object> <object type="obj_5" label="Label for object 5"></object> <object type="obj_6" label="Label for object 6"></object> <object type="obj_7" label="Label for object 7"></object> <object type="obj_8" label="Label for object 8"></object> <object type="obj_9" label="Label for object 9"></object> <object type="obj_10" label="Label for object 10"></object> </templates> EOF; $tplxml = simplexml_load_string($xmlStruct); var_dump($tplxml->object[$tpnb]); ?> --EXPECTF-- object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (1) { ["@attributes"]=> array(2) { ["type"]=> string(5) "obj_6" ["label"]=> string(18) "Label for object 6" } }