#46968 [Com]: Extending SimplXMLElement (or Iterator) w/ __toString

From: Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:05:59 +0000
Subject: #46968 [Com]: Extending SimplXMLElement (or Iterator) w/ __toString
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ID: 46968 Comment by: dypa at bk dot ru Reported By: jordan dot raub at dataxltd dot com Status: Open Bug Type: SimpleXML related Operating System: * PHP Version: 5.2.8 New Comment: 5.2.8 Windows NT DYPA 5.1 build 2600 Reproduced: || || |<?xml version="1.0"?> <foo> <bar/> </foo> | Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-12-30 00:46:14] jordan dot raub at dataxltd dot com Description: ------------ implicit call to __toString() for the extended class does not work properly an empty value is returned (even without the try catch block nothing is returned) Reproduce code: --------------- <?php class XML extends SimpleXMLElement { public function __toString() { try { $xml = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'utf-8'); $xml->formatOutput = TRUE; $xml->preserveWhiteSpace = FALSE; $xml->loadXML($this->asXML()); $retval = $xml->saveXML(); } catch(Exception $e) { $retval = ''; } return $retval; } } $xml = new XML('<foo><bar/></foo>'); echo '|' . $xml . "|\n"; echo '|' . (string) $xml . "|\n"; echo '|' . $xml->__toString() . "|\n"; Expected result: ---------------- |<?xml version="1.0"?> <foo> <bar/> </foo> | |<?xml version="1.0"?> <foo> <bar/> </foo> | |<?xml version="1.0"?> <foo> <bar/> </foo> | Actual result: -------------- || || |<?xml version="1.0"?> <foo> <bar/> </foo> | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=46968&edit=1

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