--TEST-- SimpleXML: comparing instances --SKIPIF-- <?php if (!extension_loaded("simplexml")) print "skip"; ?> --FILE-- <?php $xml =<<<EOF <people> <person name="Joe"/> <person name="John"> <children> <person name="Joe"/> </children> </person> <person name="Jane"/> </people> EOF; $xml1 =<<<EOF <people> <person name="John"> <children> <person name="Joe"/> </children> </person> <person name="Jane"/> </people> EOF; $people = simplexml_load_string($xml); $people1 = simplexml_load_string($xml); $people2 = simplexml_load_string($xml1); var_dump($people1 == $people); var_dump($people2 == $people); var_dump($people2 == $people1); ?> ===DONE=== --EXPECTF-- bool(false) bool(false) bool(false) ===DONE===