Bug #56239 [Opn->Nab]: count for SimpleXml nodes return wrong value

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=56239&edit=1 ID: 56239 Updated by: yohgaki@php.net Reported by: tim dot lokot at printsoft dot com Summary: count for SimpleXml nodes return wrong value -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug -Package: domxml +Package: *General Issues Operating System: XP PHP Version: 5CVS-2004-11-29 (dev) Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Usage is wrong. Please read http://jp1.php.net/manual/en/book.simplexml.php In simplexml, root node is assumed always exists and represented as var. So you cannot refer to it. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-11-29 23:46:06] tim dot lokot at printsoft dot com Description: ------------ PHP is 5.0.2 firstly, it wasn't in the list, so I just chose the cvs version. I am trying to count how many nodes are under another node in an xml document by counting them with count(). For some reason, even when I have more than one node, it always returns 1. Same with the children() function. Basically in my code, I'm trying to prove that Order->OrderLines['NumLines'] == count(Order->OrderLines->OrderLine) Reproduce code: --------------- XML Fragment: <Order> <OrderLines NumLines="2"> <OrderLine Number="1" StampID="435" Quantity="2" /> <OrderLine Number="2" StampID="733" Quantity="5" /> </OrderLines> </Order> PHP Code; $order = $xml->Order; // set previously count($order->OrderLines->children())) or count($order->OrderLines->OrderLine) Expected result: ---------------- 2 Actual result: -------------- 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=56239&edit=1