Doc #73057 [Csd]: Casting a SimpleXMLElement to an array does NOT exhibit differing behavior

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73057&edit=1 ID: 73057 User updated by: brian dot mcclure at adition dot com Reported by: brian dot mcclure at adition dot com Summary: Casting a SimpleXMLElement to an array does NOT exhibit differing behavior Status: Closed Type: Documentation Problem Package: SimpleXML related Operating System: Ubuntu 16.04 PHP Version: Irrelevant Assigned To: cmb Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Thanks for the quick responses. to clarify, this only occurs when attempting to cast a child node of a SimpleXMLElement that has multiple children with the same name? Are there any other scenarios? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-09-09 13:45:40] cmb@php.net This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-09-09 13:45:15] cmb@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of cmb Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&amp;revision=340007 Log: Fix #73057: Casting a SimpleXMLElement to an array does NOT exhibit differing behavior ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-09-09 13:24:26] cmb@php.net The former behavior was sometimes buggy, and the respective change was merely a bugfix. See <https://3v4l.org/5dQ0S> for a case where the behavior was different before and after PHP 5.4. I think the documentation should be improved to emphasize the word "always". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-09-09 12:50:47] brian dot mcclure at adition dot com fixed typo in summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-09-09 12:38:29] brian dot mcclure at adition dot com Description: ------------ According to 5.4 changenotes, http://php.net/manual/en/migration54.other.php there is some sort of behavior change to be expected when casting a SimnpleXMLElement to an array. But unless I'm misunderstanding what the docs mean, the bahavior is consistent all the way from 5.1 to 7.1 https://3v4l.org/F4DfI If this is not a bug, would someone mind providing an example of the before and after behavior? Test script: --------------- <?php $xml = "<xml><first-node>foo</first-node><second-node><nested-node>bar</nested-node></second-node><third-node>baz</third-node></xml>"; $a = new SimpleXMLElement($xml); var_export((array)$a); ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73057&edit=1