note 97907 added to book.simplexml

I don't know if there is another way or not, but I actually had a need to return a value from a simpleXMLElement, not just pass a referenced object and echo it out. After poking around a for a quick fix, I saw a few posts looking for the the same answer. function captureValue($value) { ob_start(); echo $value; $output = ob_get_contents(); ob_end_clean(); return $output; } Anyways, if anyone knows if/how to return simpleXMLElement's value as a variable, I'd much rather use it than the clunky solution above. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 67.162.131.216 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/book.simplexml.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/97907 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97907/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97907/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97907/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97907/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97907/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97907/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97907 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/97907 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php