diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/php/director_ownership_runme.php b/Examples/test-suite/php/director_ownership_runme.php
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+<?php
+require "tests.php";
+
+check::functions(array('make_content'));
+check::classes(array('ContentBase','ContentDerived','Container','director_ownership'));
+// No new vars
+check::globals(array());
+
+function set_content_and_release(Container $container, ContentBase $content) {
+  $content->thisown = false;
+  $container->set_content($content);
+}
+
+$container = new Container();
+
+// make a content in PHP (newobject is 1)
+$content_php = new ContentDerived();
+
+// make a content in C++ (newobject is 1)
+$content_cpp = make_content();
+
+set_content_and_release($container, $content_php);
+check::equal($container->get_content()->get_name(), "ContentDerived", "get_content() not ContentDerived");
+
+set_content_and_release($container, $content_cpp);
+check::equal($container->get_content()->get_name(), "ContentDerived", "get_content() not ContentDerived");
+
+check::done();