Re: SimpleXML and Default Cast To String

At 06:59 PM 1/7/2004 -0500, Adam Maccabee Trachtenberg wrote:

So i'd say let us add a method for returning the complete content. Adam could you do that? That wouldn't be too difficult (although I am busy for the next day or two). However, as much as I loathe toggles, I'm wondering if it wouldn't be better to make this an object-wide setting. My thought are that on an object-by-object basis, you either always want tags or never want them. Something like: $sxe = simplexml_load_file('doc.xml'); $sxe->displayTags = true; This would keep the interface clean. Or would that just confuse things with more magic?

If anything then displayTags() should be a method so that it doesn't get ambiguous with accessing XML fields.

Also, what would the default behavior should be? I can argue both sides of the issue right now. :)

I agree. It's definitely confusing and both sides could be argued. I think I lean towards today's implementation. It does seem to be more in-line with XML and it's structure. I'd keep things the way they are today. Andi