#38445 [NEW]: xmlrpc_decode/decode_request Return Type

From: schow at macnexus dot org Operating system: All PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: xmlrpc_decode/decode_request Return Type Description: ------------ In the manual, the return type for xmlrpc_decode and xmlrpc_decode_request should really be "mixed" and not "array." If the service return is an array, struct, or multiple values, then yes, an array is returned. However, if just one scalar value is returned (see code example) xmlrpc_decode will return just one string ("Hello!"). Reproduce code: --------------- $xml1 = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?> <methodResponse> <params><param><value><struct> <member><name>One</name><value><string>2</string></value></member> </struct></value></param></params> </methodResponse>"; $xml2 = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?> <methodResponse> <params><param><value> <string>Hello!</string> </value></param></params> </methodResponse>"; $data1 = xmlrpc_decode($xml1); $data2 = xmlrpc_decode($xml2); echo gettype($data1); echo gettype($data2); Expected result: ---------------- PHP executes the code correctly. In the code, $data1 is the returned value of xmlrpc_decode for an xmlrpc struct. gettype reports $data1 as an array. $data2 is the returned value of an xml-rpc string scalar. gettype reports it as a string. Actual result: -------------- The documentation should be changed to "mixed" to indicate that xmlrpc_decode will not always return an array. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=38445&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38445&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38445&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38445&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38445&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38445&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38445&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38445&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38445&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38445&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38445&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38445&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38445&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38445&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38445&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38445&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38445&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38445&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38445&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38445&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38445&r=mysqlcfg