Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/simplexml.examples-basic
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The documentation reads:
$movies = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstr);
echo $movies->movie[0]->plot;
The above example will output:

   So, this language. It's like, a programming language. Or is it a
   scripting language? All is revealed in this thrilling horror spoof
   of a documentary.

No. That example will not output that. It outputs a SimpleXML Object. You need to cast it to a string to get that output. The documentation should make this clearer.

Test script:
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<?php
header('Content-Type: text/plain');
$movies = file_get_contents('sample.movies.xml');
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($movies);
$plot = (string)$xml->movie->plot;
var_dump($plot);
foreach ($plot as $v) {
    var_dump($v);
}
exit(__FILE__ . ': ' . __LINE__);