#34199 [NEW]: SimpleXMLElement is Shcroedinger's Cat

From: rasmus@php.net Operating system: Any PHP version: 5CVS-2005-08-20 (CVS) PHP Bug Type: SimpleXML related Bug description: SimpleXMLElement is Shcroedinger's Cat Description: ------------ An empty SimpleXMLElement object is both true and false Reproduce code: --------------- $xml = "<root></root>"; $xml = simplexml_load_string($xml); $kids = $xml->children(); if($kids) echo "True"; if(!$kids) echo "False"; Expected result: ---------------- False Actual result: -------------- TrueFalse -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34199&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34199&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34199&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34199&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34199&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34199&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34199&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34199&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34199&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34199&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34199&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34199&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34199&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34199&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34199&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34199&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34199&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34199&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34199&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34199&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34199&r=mysqlcfg