--TEST-- Bug #41582 (SimpleXML crashes when accessing newly created element) --FILE-- <?php $xml = new SimpleXMLElement('<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?> <collection></collection>'); $xml->movie[]->characters->character[0]->name = 'Miss Coder'; echo($xml->asXml()); echo "Done\n"; ?> --EXPECT-- <?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?> <collection><movie><characters><character><name>Miss Coder</name></character></characters></movie></collection> Done