Re: Handling SimpleXMLElements

I'm guessing you have php5.0.x running - you really want a php5.1.x version if your going to use XML - it will avoid *alot* headaches with regarding to using var_dump() (or print_r() or even echo) to figure out what the simpleXML objects are/contain. Satyam wrote: > I have a problem trying to handle SimpleXml objects. Though I can manage > some workaround the problem, I would like to understand it better. > .... > cell. > Function dump() just does a var_dump() of whatever is given in the first > argument within a <pre> tag and uses the second argument as a heading, > surrounded by dashes. In this case I copied the expression of what I am > dumping as the title (within single quotes so it does not expand). > > foreach($row as $cell) { > dump($cell,'$cell); > dump($cell->p,'$cell->p'); > dump((array)$cell->p,'(array)$cell->p'); > dump($cell->p[1],'$cell->p[1]'); > } > > The section in question is shown below. Though $cell is shown as a > SimpleXMLElement containing one 'p' property which contains an array of two > elements: > ----------------------------$cell----------------- > object(SimpleXMLElement)#8 (1) { > ["p"]=> > array(2) { > [0]=> > string(12) "Indian Rupee" > [1]=> > string(8) "Ngultrum" > } > } > > > If I dump that 'p' element, I don't get an array but an object with just > one element, the first value in the array > ----------------------------$cell->p----------------- > object(SimpleXMLElement)#7 (1) { > [0]=> > string(12) "Indian Rupee" > } > > > If I typecast it to an array, I still get a single element > ----------------------------(array)$cell->p----------------- > array(1) { > [0]=> > string(12) "Indian Rupee" > } > > Nevertheless, if I explicitly index into the 'p' element, without even > typecasting it into an array, the second element is there. > ----------------------------$cell->p[1]----------------- > object(SimpleXMLElement)#10 (1) { > [0]=> > string(8) "Ngultrum" > } > > > So, now you see it, now you don't, or do you? What's happening? > > Satyam >