Re: SimpleXML addChild() namespace problem

On Jan 14, 2008 10:22 PM, Carole E. Mah <carole.mah@gmail.com> wrote: > This is problematic code, even though it works, because it > auto-generates an unnecessary xmlns: attribute: > > $item->addChild('itunes:subtitle', $mySubTitle,"itunes"); > > It generates the following XML: > > <itunes:subtitle xmlns:itunes="itunes">Musical Mockery</itunes:subtitle> > > When really all we want is this: > > <itunes:subtitle>Musical Mockery</itunes:subtitle> > > Furthermore, dumping it into a DomDocument and attempting to use > removeAttributeNS() to remove the spurious attribute removes the > entire kit and kaboodle, leaving only: > > <subtitle>Musical Mockery</subtitle> > > How can one get the desired result, short of using a regexp? (I have > done this, and it works, but is a silly hack because it doesn't use > XML parsing to address an XML problem). have you considered appending the child w/ w/e the DOM extension has, just to see if the namespace specification is unintentionally added by it as well? -nathan