SimpleXML and the Single String (SOLVED)

Howdy, My PHP chops are a little rough around the edges so I know that I am missing something. I am working with SimpleXML to retrieve values from an XML file like this - $xmlCompany = $xml->SignonRq->SignonTransport->CustId->SPName; If I echo $xmlCompany I get the proper information. If I use $xmlCompany as an array value though, I get this object - $arrayLead[0]->Company = $xmlCompany; // what I did [Company] => SimpleXMLElement Object // what I got ( [0] => Dadgummit ) I tried casting AND THEN AS I TYPED THIS I figured it out... $xmlCompany = array((string) $xml->SignonRq->SignonTransport->CustId->SPName); // becomes an array $arrayLead[0]->Company = $xmlCompany[0]; // gets the right bit of the array and the result is [Company] => Dadgummit Thanks for bearing with me!