#36841 [Bgs->Opn]: Empty objects are false?

ID: 36841 User updated by: clemens at gutweiler dot net Reported By: clemens at gutweiler dot net -Status: Bogus +Status: Open Bug Type: SimpleXML related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.1.2 New Comment: Is this behaviour of SimpleXML documentated? I could only find, that objects are false in PHP4 only. And in PHP5 objects should cast to true in any case or? http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.boolean.php#language.types.boolean.casting Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-03-24 10:03:38] tony2001@php.net This is expected behaviour of SimpleXML (and it has nothing to do with the engine). No bug here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-03-24 10:00:12] clemens at gutweiler dot net Description: ------------ casting empty simplexml objects to boolean, empty objects get transformed to false. Reproduce code: --------------- var_dump( $foo = simplexml_load_string( "<foo />" ) ); object(SimpleXMLElement)#1 (0) { } var_dump( (bool)simplexml_load_string( "<foo />" ) ); bool(false) var_dump( (bool)simplexml_load_string( "<foo>foo</foo>" ) ); bool(true) Expected result: ---------------- both boolean-casts should be true. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=36841&edit=1