#30391 [Opn->Bgs]: is_array() does not work on SimpleXMLElement

ID: 30391 Updated by: iliaa@php.net Reported By: sebastian@php.net -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: SimpleXML related Operating System: Irrelevant PHP Version: 5CVS-2004-10-11 (dev) New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php SimpleXML creates dynamic objects, array functions will not work on these. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-10-11 09:13:22] sebastian@php.net Description: ------------ is_array() does not work on member arrays of SimpleXMLElement objects. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $foo = simplexml_load_string( '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> <foo> <bar> <barbara>barbara</barbara> </bar> <bar> <barbara>barbara</barbara> <barbara>barbara</barbara> </bar> </foo>'); foreach ($foo->bar as $bar) { var_dump(is_array($bar->barbara)); var_dump($bar); } ?> Expected result: ---------------- bool(false) object(SimpleXMLElement)#4 (1) { ["barbara"]=> string(7) "barbara" } bool(true) object(SimpleXMLElement)#5 (1) { ["barbara"]=> array(2) { [0]=> string(7) "barbara" [1]=> string(7) "barbara" } } Actual result: -------------- bool(false) object(SimpleXMLElement)#4 (1) { ["barbara"]=> string(7) "barbara" } bool(false) object(SimpleXMLElement)#5 (1) { ["barbara"]=> array(2) { [0]=> string(7) "barbara" [1]=> string(7) "barbara" } } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=30391&edit=1