Re: Re: [ZEND-ENGINE-CVS] cvs: ZendEngine2 / zend_API.c
| From: | Marcus Boerger | Date: | Mon, 01 Dec 2003 21:42:14 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: [ZEND-ENGINE-CVS] cvs: ZendEngine2 / zend_API.c | ||
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Hello Andi,
Monday, December 1, 2003, 5:57:11 PM, you wrote:
> Hey,
> 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.
> What am I missing?
> 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.
Hmmm, the minimum needed is to allow: whatever((string)$obj) then.
There is simply no other way.
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Best regards,
Marcus mailto:helly@php.net