Re: Re: [ZEND-ENGINE-CVS] cvs: ZendEngine2 / zend_API.c

On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Andi Gutmans wrote: > I don't quite understand why SimpleXML can't return a string. Why does it > need to return an object? It should know how to differentiate between > read/write mode, and return a string in read mode and a proxy object in > write mode. That may be a solution; however, would I still be able to do something like this: $s = simplexml_load_file('file.xml'); $s->person->xsearch('/my/xpath/query'); I'd be willing to sacrfice this in order to get the string behavior back, however. > I agree that we should allow for SimpleXML's simplicity and I think it's > one of the coolest features in PHP 5. I definitely want to find a solution > to allow it to work the way it works today. However, I do want to try and > prevent the propogation throughout the engine because it's going to give us > lots of trouble. I'm with you here. I don't want to cause trouble, I just want them to work. :) -adam -- adam@trachtenberg.com