Bug #31846 [Com]: simplexml_load_string doesn't get root node

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=31846&edit=1 ID: 31846 Comment by: james at populiweb dot com Reported by: andrew at shh dot fi Summary: simplexml_load_string doesn't get root node Status: Bogus Type: Bug Package: SimpleXML related Operating System: win32 PHP Version: 5.0.3 Block user comment: N New Comment: just in case it helps anyone, getting the name of the root node is possible: $xml = simplexml_load_string($xml_str); $xml->getName(); Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-02-07 21:18:11] amt@php.net No. SimpleXML is not about being able to do 100% of XML. It's about doing 80% of XML with 20% of the effort. Do this instead: $rootTag = dom_import_simplexml($simple)->tagName; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-02-07 19:58:00] andrew at shh dot fi Will simpleXML ever be changed to include root nodes? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-02-07 19:56:30] andrew at shh dot fi So, using simpleXML, one can never know the root tag. Should we guess? The idea of an XML parser is to return ALL the nodes and not some of them. Take docbook - you have different root nodes depending on whether its simple or full. My point is, if you are having an xml parser, then it needs to read all nodes top-bottom, otherwise there is no point using it - and as you say correctly - might as well use DOM. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-02-07 16:37:04] chregu@php.net This is correct. print_r shows you the children nodes of the choosen node. in your code, $simple *is* the root node. I don't see anything wrong. There's no such thing as SimpleXMLDocument Object in SimpleXML. And yes, there is no way of getting the name of the root tag. Use DOM if you need that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-02-04 16:28:06] andrew at shh dot fi Description: ------------ $xml = simplexml_load_string($xml_str) returns all tags correctly except the root node. There appears to be NO WAY to get the the name of the root tag Reproduce code: --------------- $xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article><title>Hello</title></article>'; $simple = simplexml_load_string($xml); print_r($simple); Expected result: ---------------- The object should include the root tag, except it starts from child of the root ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=31846&edit=1