--TEST-- Bug #72957: Null coalescing operator doesn't behave as expected with SimpleXMLElement --SKIPIF-- <?php if (!extension_loaded("simplexml")) print "skip simplexml extension is not loaded"; ?> --FILE-- <?php $xml = new SimpleXMLElement('<root><elem>Text</elem></root>'); echo 'elem2 is: ' . ($xml->elem2 ?? 'backup string') . "\n"; echo 'elem2 is: ' . (isset($xml->elem2) ? $xml->elem2 : 'backup string') . "\n"; ?> --EXPECT-- elem2 is: backup string elem2 is: backup string