Re: Is really no one interested?

On 1.11.2005 8:48 Uhr, Marian Kostadinov wrote: > Who says that I have a well-formed DTD? DTD is not necessary in many > cases. I will illustrate with example why DOM is too "complex" ... > compared to SimpleXML. > > <?php > //These are my 2 XML documents. No DTD - just a simple xml structure. > $xml1 = > '<root1><q/><a><b><c><d>hi1</d></c></b></a><q/></root1>'; > $xml2 = > '<root2><q/><a><b><c><d>hi2</d></c></b></a><q/></root2>'; > > $sxe1 = new SimpleXMLElement ($xml1); > $sxe2 = new SimpleXMLElement ($xml2); > > //Easy access to a node. It's great! > echo $sxe1->a->b->c->d; > echo $sxe2->a->b->c->d; > > //But how can I understand what is the name of the root node? > $dom_sxe = dom_import_simplexml($sxe1); > > //Hooray, we've got node name > echo $dom_sxe->nodeName; > > //And what happens if element sequence changes? . > echo > $dom_sxe->childNodes->item(1)->firstChild->firstChild->firstChild->nodeValue; > //... hm... I prefer SimpleXML. use xpath :) as easy as simplexml and much more powerfull, IMHO and noone said you should use exclusively dom. chregu -- christian stocker | Bitflux GmbH | schoeneggstrasse 5 | ch-8004 zurich phone +41 1 240 56 70 | mobile +41 76 561 88 60 | fax +41 1 240 56 71 http://www.bitflux.ch | christian.stocker@bitflux.ch | GPG 0x5CE1DECB