Re: namespacing fun(?)

Oh, ok. I'll put something together on Monday. Thanks for replying so fast Dan "Christian Stocker" <chregu@bitflux.ch> wrote in message news:401A8F63.7040601@bitflux.ch... > Hi > > please provide the shortest possible example of your code and/or file a bug. > > this should actually work as you suggested. I don't think it's a PHP > problem.. > > chregu > > > On 1/30/04 5:48 PM, Daniel Pupius wrote: > > > Hey there, > > > > I'm using the DOM XML and XPATH queries. My application has to accept XML > > formats based on an IMS standard, both generated in our company and > > externally by others. > > > > Now the problem, most people use the same naming convensions for namespaces, > > but a couple of people do not. This causes the XPATH queries to fail. > > > > For example, consider the following XML documents: > > > > > > <demo xmlns="http://somenamespace"> > > <node> > > <child /> > > <child /> > > </node> > > </demo> > > > > <ns:demo xmlns:ns="http://somenamespace"> > > <ns:node> > > <ns:child /> > > <ns:child /> > > </ns:node> > > </ns:demo> > > > > <fun:demo xmlns:fun="�Ff0���4 > > �p��http://somenamespace"> > > <fun:node> > > <fun:child /> > > <fun:child /> > > </fun:node> > > </fun:demo> > > > > > > They all represent the same structure, bound to the same namespace. And are > > thus all esentially equal to: > > <http://somenamespace:demo> > > .... etc .... > > </http://somenamespace:demo> > > > > > > When creating the XPATH queries, you'd register the namespace: > > xpath_register_ns($xpath,"ns", > > "http://somenamespace"); > > > > And format your queries like so: > > /ns:demo/ns:node/ns:child > > > > I'd expect this to match all the above xml files, since the "ns" in the > > xpath query refers to the namespace rather than the textual abrieviation of > > the namespace. Am I correct in this assumption? Of course, it doens't seem > > to work with PHPs parser. > > > > I was therefore wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to get round this > > problem... > > > > Cheers > > > > Dan > > > > -- > christian stocker | Bitflux GmbH | schoeneggstrasse 5 | ch-8004 zurich > phone +41 1 240 56 70 | mobile +41 76 561 88 60 | fax +41 1 240 56 71 > http://www.bitflux.ch | chregu@bitflux.ch | gnupg-keyid > 0x5CE1DECB