Re: Simplexml and xml namespaces

I agree. var_dump() should accurately expose the structure of the simplexml object, if people want to see *everything* they should dump it explicitly (there is a method in the DOM api to do this?) -Sterling On 8/19/05, Rob Richards <rrichards@ctindustries.net> wrote: > Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > >Yeah, I agree actually. My real beef is that simplexml and var_dump() > >don't place nicely with each other. var_dump() ends up lumping the > >namespaced elements in with the non-namespaced elements of the same > >name, but when you iterate through things manually they are not lumped > >together and the only way to get at the namespaced elements is by > >checking for them directly with the appropriate children() call. > > > >I am fine with having to manually dereference the namespace and keeping > >things completely separate. I'd just like it to be easier for people to > >use var_dump() on a simplexml object and not have it confuse the heck > >out of them by showing them arrays with 2 elements in them which when > >they iterate only get 1 or if they call count() on it only get 1. > > > > > It doesnt look difficult to make var_dump respect the namespace set by > the initial sxe object for subobjects. If it were to be changed I would > also suggest not returning non element type nodes as well. Right now PI, > Comments, etc.. get returned by var_dump but these aren't considered sxe > properties either. > > Rob > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >