diff --git a/src/Xml/Reader/DocumentToLookupArrayReader.php b/src/Xml/Reader/DocumentToLookupArrayReader.php
index 2bbcaa2..1efb076 100644
--- a/src/Xml/Reader/DocumentToLookupArrayReader.php
+++ b/src/Xml/Reader/DocumentToLookupArrayReader.php
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@
 use DOMNode;
 use Soap\Encoding\Xml\Node\Element;
 use Soap\Encoding\Xml\Node\ElementList;
+use VeeWee\Xml\Xmlns\Xmlns;
 use function VeeWee\Xml\Dom\Predicate\is_element;
 
 /**
- * @psalm-type LookupArray = array<string, string|Element|ElementList>
+ * @psalm-type LookupArrayValue = string|Element|ElementList
+ * @psalm-type LookupArray = array<string, LookupArrayValue>
  */
 final class DocumentToLookupArrayReader
 {
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ final class DocumentToLookupArrayReader
     public function __invoke(Element $xml): array
     {
         $root = $xml->element();
-        /** @var array<string, string|Element|ElementList> $nodes */
+        /** @var LookupArray $nodes */
         $nodes = [];
 
         // Read all child elements.
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ public function __invoke(Element $xml): array
             $currentElement = Element::fromDOMElement($element);
 
             // Incrementally build up lists.
-            /** @var string|Element|ElementList $value */
+            /** @var LookupArrayValue $value */
             $value = match(true) {
                 $previousValue instanceof ElementList => $previousValue->append($currentElement),
                 $previousValue instanceof Element => new ElementList($previousValue, $currentElement),
@@ -50,8 +52,8 @@ public function __invoke(Element $xml): array
 
         // It might be possible that the child is a regular textNode.
         // In that case, we use '_' as the key and the value of the textNode as value.
-        if (!$nodes && $content = trim($root->textContent)) {
-            $nodes['_'] = $content;
+        if (!$nodes && $root->getAttributeNS(Xmlns::xsi()->value(), 'nil') !== 'true') {
+            $nodes['_'] = $root->textContent;
         }
 
         // All attributes also need to be added as key => value pairs.
diff --git a/tests/PhpCompatibility/Schema062Variant1Test.php b/tests/PhpCompatibility/Schema062Variant1Test.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e5f977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PhpCompatibility/Schema062Variant1Test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Soap\Encoding\Test\PhpCompatibility;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversClass;
+use Soap\Encoding\Decoder;
+use Soap\Encoding\Driver;
+use Soap\Encoding\Encoder;
+
+#[CoversClass(Driver::class)]
+#[CoversClass(Encoder::class)]
+#[CoversClass(Decoder::class)]
+final class Schema062Variant1Test extends AbstractCompatibilityTests
+{
+    protected string $schema = <<<EOXML
+    <complexType name="testType">
+        <simpleContent>
+            <restriction base="string">
+                <attribute name="int" type="int"/>
+            </restriction>
+        </simpleContent>
+    </complexType>
+    EOXML;
+    protected string $type = 'type="testType"';
+
+    protected function calculateParam(): mixed
+    {
+        return (object)[
+            '_' => '',
+            'int' => 123
+        ];
+    }
+
+    protected function expectXml(): string
+    {
+        return <<<XML
+        <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:tns="http://test-uri/"
+                           xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+                           xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
+            <SOAP-ENV:Body SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
+                <tns:test>
+                    <testParam int="123" xsi:type="tns:testType"/>
+                </tns:test>
+            </SOAP-ENV:Body>
+        </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
+        XML;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/PhpCompatibility/Schema062Variant2Test.php b/tests/PhpCompatibility/Schema062Variant2Test.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8ab590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PhpCompatibility/Schema062Variant2Test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Soap\Encoding\Test\PhpCompatibility;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversClass;
+use Soap\Encoding\Decoder;
+use Soap\Encoding\Driver;
+use Soap\Encoding\Encoder;
+
+#[CoversClass(Driver::class)]
+#[CoversClass(Encoder::class)]
+#[CoversClass(Decoder::class)]
+final class Schema062Variant2Test extends AbstractCompatibilityTests
+{
+    protected string $schema = <<<EOXML
+    <complexType name="testType">
+        <simpleContent>
+            <restriction base="string">
+                <attribute name="int" type="int"/>
+            </restriction>
+        </simpleContent>
+    </complexType>
+    EOXML;
+    protected string $type = 'type="testType"';
+
+    protected function calculateParam(): mixed
+    {
+        return (object)[
+            '_' => null,
+            'int' => 123
+        ];
+    }
+
+    protected function expectXml(): string
+    {
+        return <<<XML
+        <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:tns="http://test-uri/"
+                           xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+                           xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
+            <SOAP-ENV:Body SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
+                <tns:test>
+                    <testParam xsi:nil="true" int="123" xsi:type="tns:testType"/>
+                </tns:test>
+            </SOAP-ENV:Body>
+        </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
+        XML;
+    }
+}