PHP 7 simpleXML

Question

I\'m testing PHP7, and have a weird issue after a recent update. SimpleXML should be enabled by default, and my phpinfo page shows that it is available:

Answer 1

I had the same problem and I'm using Ubuntu 15.10.

In my case, to solve this issue, I installed the package php7.0-xml using the Synaptic package manager, which include SimpleXml. So, after restart my Apache server, my problem was solved. This package came in the Debian version and you can find it here: https://packages.debian.org/sid/php7.0-xml.