--TEST-- SimpleXML: Text data --SKIPIF-- --FILE-- Plain text. Here we have some text data. And here some more. Wow once again. EOF ); var_dump(trim($sxe->elem1->elem2)); var_dump(trim($sxe->elem1->elem2->elem3)); var_dump(trim($sxe->elem1->elem2->elem3->elem4)); echo "---Done---\n"; ?> --EXPECT-- string(28) "Here we have some text data." string(19) "And here some more." string(15) "Wow once again." ---Done---