php - XML element holds non xml elements (not wrapped in cdata) -

i using simple xml php , trying parse <content> element part of following tree:

<entry>

...<title>

...<link>

...<summary>

...<content>

the problem <content> element cannot read string because has "non string" content not wrapped in cdata:

<content type="xhtml" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="..."> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><strong>text... text...</strong> text <a     href="..."  target="_self">link</a>. text</p> </content> 

i use following code:

$xml = simplexml_load_file($feed_uri); 

and then:

foreach($xml->entry $entry){ $item = new rssitem(); $item->title = (string) $entry->title; $item->content = (string)$entry->content; $item->date = (string) $entry->published; 

my content member var empty. others expected if change $item->content = (string)$entry->content; $item->content = $entry->content; object nested in $item->content variable

any ide how force parser not interpret elements found in content element (div, p etc.) nested elements?

thanks in advance, l

try $entry->content->asxml().

see http://php.net/simplexmlelement.asxml