How to get value from php object?

Question

PHP

Hi all. I'm stupid on the gesture.
Here is the object I output via print_r

print_r($val_years);

Результат
SimpleXMLElement Object
(
    [0] => 2007 - 2011
)

How can I get the value at index 0?
$val_years[0]
does not channel)

Answer 1

(string) $val_years[0]