Re: XML dillema

Hi Brinkman,! On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Brinkman, Theodore wrote: > Maybe I'm missing something, but I'm thinking it's giving the correct > output. > > The 'TEXT' that is showing up just seems to be some sort of indication as to > what type of data it found. > > ELEMENT catalog //the parser found an element named > 'catalog' > TEXT //the element 'catalog' is of type TEXT > content= //it had no content of its own > ELEMENT category //inside it found an element named > 'category' > ATTRIBUTE id //'category' has an attribute named 'id' > TEXT // the attribute 'id' is of type TEXT > content=db // the attribute 'id' has a value of 'db' > ATTRIBUTE name //'category' has an attribute named 'name' > TEXT // the attribute 'name' is of type TEXT > content=Databases // the attribute 'name' has a value of > 'Databases' > TEXT //the element 'category' is of type > TEXT > [...] //[...] > > Somebody who knows better please correct me if I'm wrong. > Point made! xmllint gives +1 but the first found node looks like: [result of print_r ($node) ] DomNode Object ( [name] => text [content] => [node] => Resource id #3 [type] => 3 ) I don't get it why name' is text'. Maybe I should file a bug report. Just wanted to be sure it's not me being wrong. > > Hey, > I've been playing w/ DOM functions (not very documented, but cool :) > and had the following: > > [categories.xml] > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <catalog> > <category id="db" name="Databases"> > <topic> > <name>MySQL</name> > <description>MySQL Manual</description> > </topic> > > <topic> > <name>PostgreSQL</name> > <description>PostgreSQL Manuals</description> > </topic> > > </category> > </catalog> > > [xmltest.php] > <?php > header ('Content-Type: text/plain'); > > $doc = new DomDocument(); > $node = new DomNode(); > > $doc = xmldocfile ('categories.xml'); > $root = $doc->root(); > $cats = $root->children(); > > $node = $cats[0]; > > print_r ($node->name); > > > It outputs "text" and I would expect "Databases". > > running xmllint gives: > > [teo@teo xml]$ xmllint --debug categories.xml > DOCUMENT > version=1.0 > URL=categories.xml > standalone=true > ELEMENT catalog > TEXT > content= > ELEMENT category > ATTRIBUTE id > TEXT > content=db > ATTRIBUTE name > TEXT > content=Databases > TEXT > [...] > > > Any idea what's wrong? > > TIA > > -- teodor