#50759 [Opn->Bgs]: SimpleXML ::atrributes() feature does not recognize hyphenated attributes
ID: 50759
Updated by: aharvey@php.net
Reported By: stevendamico at gmail dot com
-Status: Open
+Status: Bogus
-Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem
+Bug Type: SimpleXML related
Operating System: Windows
PHP Version: 5.2.12
New Comment:
Per example #5 in
http://au2.php.net/manual/en/simplexml.examples-basic.php,
the idiomatic
way to access attributes in a SimpleXML tree is to access them in the
same way as array elements.
In your example, this should work (and works for me):
echo $doc->...->{'recorded-vote'}->legislator['name-id'];
Closing, as this isn't a bug in PHP itself. Thanks for your interest in
PHP!
Previous Comments:
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[2010-01-14 23:19:47] stevendamico at gmail dot com
Description:
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Using SimpleXML and SimpleXML_load_file to load an external XML file.
The ::attributes feature does not recognize hyphens in attribute
features, no documentation on how to resolve feature and the solution
for dealing with hyphens in nodes (by putting it in curly braces and
quotes {''}) does not solve the problem.
This is my first time submitting a bug and I'm an amateur, but there
is no documentation for a solution. Not sure if I selected the proper
bug category. Sorry for any mistakes.
Reproduce code:
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From manual page: simplexmlelement.attributes#Description
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portion of xml file (parent nodes left out for simplicity):
<recorded-vote><legislator name-id="A000014" sort-field="Abercrombie"
unaccented-name="Abercrombie" party="D" state="HI"
role="legislator">Abercrombie</legislator><vote>Aye</vote></recorded-vote>
ex. 1:
echo {'recorded-vote'}[0]->legislator->attributes()->{'name-id'};
ex. 2:
print_r ({'recorded-vote'}[0]->legislator->attributes());
Expected result:
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ex. 1
A000014
ex. 2
SimpleXMLElement Object ( [@attributes] => Array ( [name-id] => A000014
[sort-field] => Abercrombie [unaccented-name] => Abercrombie [party] =>
D [state] => HI [role] => legislator ) )
Actual result:
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ex. 1
0
To clarify, all that outputs is the digit zero.
ex. 2
SimpleXMLElement Object ( [@attributes] => Array ( [party] => D [state]
=> HI [role] => legislator ) )
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