3 files changed, 24 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/ext/simplexml/simplexml.c b/ext/simplexml/simplexml.c
index 22ea26ca38..0950c3365d 100644
--- a/ext/simplexml/simplexml.c
+++ b/ext/simplexml/simplexml.c
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ static HashTable *sxe_get_prop_hash(zend_object *object, int is_debug) /* {{{ */
 		}
 
 		while (node) {
-			if (node->children != NULL || node->prev != NULL || node->next != NULL) {
+			if (node->children != NULL || node->prev != NULL || node->next != NULL || xmlIsBlankNode(node)) {
 				SKIP_TEXT(node);
 			} else {
 				if (node->type == XML_TEXT_NODE) {
diff --git a/ext/simplexml/tests/bug39662.phpt b/ext/simplexml/tests/bug39662.phpt
index b07e90064f..5dc2b99a92 100644
--- a/ext/simplexml/tests/bug39662.phpt
+++ b/ext/simplexml/tests/bug39662.phpt
@@ -19,17 +19,9 @@ var_dump($clone->asXML());
 echo "Done\n";
 ?>
 --EXPECTF--
-object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (1) {
-  [0]=>
-  string(2) "
-
-"
+object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (0) {
 }
-object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (1) {
-  [0]=>
-  string(2) "
-
-"
+object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (0) {
 }
 string(15) "<test>
 
diff --git a/ext/simplexml/tests/bug75245.phpt b/ext/simplexml/tests/bug75245.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a7a7caf0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/simplexml/tests/bug75245.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #75245 Don't set content of elements with only whitespaces
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+if (!extension_loaded('simplexml')) die('skip simplexml not available');
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+var_dump(simplexml_load_string('<test1><test2>    </test2><test3></test3></test1>'));
+?>
+===DONE===
+--EXPECT--
+object(SimpleXMLElement)#1 (2) {
+  ["test2"]=>
+  object(SimpleXMLElement)#2 (0) {
+  }
+  ["test3"]=>
+  object(SimpleXMLElement)#3 (0) {
+  }
+}
+===DONE===