simplexml - Eclipse xdebug inspect SimpleXMLElement -

i'm using xdebug , eclipse. when load valid xml string simplexml_load_string this:

$responsexml = simplexml_load_string($response); 

i can't seem inspect simplexmlelement variables. when drill down variable, nothing shows. in screenshot below, try drill down $responsexml nothing shows:

i can access variable know there:

$body = $responsexml->children('soap-env')->body; 

below xdebug settings.

any ideas?

that's because simplexmlelement has internal serialization methods. print_r , var_dump produce same. best way debug convert string using:

$responsexml->asxml()