Doc #55264 [Opn->Fbk]: Example does nothing

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55264&edit=1 ID: 55264 Updated by: salathe@php.net Reported by: jeremybotto at gmail dot com Summary: Example does nothing -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem Operating System: php PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Can you clarify a few things, please? When you say "there is no visible change", where did you expect anything to be changed (the example should print the manipulated XML to the screen, terminal, wherever)? What do you mean by "verifies that a translation of the input matches the input", there is no translation of any kind going on. For what it's worth, here's an include-less version of that example showing the expected output: http://codepad.org/gwx8oJpw Finally, with regards to the SimpleXML examples requiring the example.php file, this was done to avoid clogging up the examples with 28 lines of code again and again. Requiring external files is not something we usually ask for examples, which should be able to run "standalone" ideally. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-07-22 04:39:31] jeremybotto at gmail dot com Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/simplexmlelement.addattribute%23Examples --- The sample code depends upon the inclusion of example code, example.php, from an earlier page. Without example.php, the sample code does not work. Running the sample code outputs the the input. There is no visible change on inspection of the files, directories, and source code. I tried stripping parts of example.php out, to see if the code sample actually added any attributes, and the sample code just throws errors when lines are removed. Basically, the code does nothing to 'manipulate' XML. It simply verifies that a translation of the input matches the input. Can we get an example that doesn't depend upon external files and that actually changes something, please? Expected result: ---------------- Add an attribute to an XML file via PHP. Actual result: -------------- Does nothing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55264&edit=1