DOMDocument/DOMElement problem

I'm currently trying to parse a document with DOMDocument, and I'm having some serious problems. I created a script that runs fine on php 5.2.9, ripping out content using DOMNode::nodeValue. The same script fails to get any content on php 5.3.3 - even though it correctly navigates to the proper nodes to extract content. Basically, the code used looks like this: $dom = new DOMDocument(); $dom->loadHTML($data); $dom->preserveWhiteSpace = false; $xpath = new DOMXpath($dom); $nodelist = $xpath->query($query); $value = $nodelist->item(0)->nodeValue; I've checked to make sure that item(0) is in fact a node - it's there and even of the right type (a td - table cell), but nodeValue is empty. The script works on some documents but not others (on 5.3.3 - some checking suggests a doctype of xhtml might be involved in the problem but I tried ripping the doctype out and had no difference) - on 5.2.9 it works on all documents, returning the proper nodeValue. Am I missing something basic? TIA Peter -- <hype> WWW: plphp.dk / plind.dk LinkedIn: plind BeWelcome/Couchsurfing: Fake51 Twitter: kafe15 </hype>