SimpleXML and print_r() - why is this empty?

Don't use print_r() or var_dump() to inspect a SimpleXMLElement, they won't necessarily work on them because SimpleXML uses lots of magic behind the scene. Instead, look at what asXML() returns.

The simpleXML parser should provide a meaningful error message that you can fetch and output. Check out the example code in the documentation on libxml_get_errors().

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