Re: SimpleXML and Default Cast To String

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Sterling Hughes wrote: > > What's the ultimate goal for simpleXML? I have been hesitant from ever > > touching this extension as what I thought it was intended to do, seems > > simplistic to where it acutally (is going/went?). Correct me if I'm wrong, > > but when it started I thought simpleXML's intent was to handle XML > > structures containing only elements and attributes (or at least ignoring > > everything else). The structure could never contain an element which had an > > attribute named the same as one of its child elements (otherwise you would > > need to be adding functionality as well to distinguish when you work with > > the attribute or element). Also, elements would contain either text or > > children elements but not both. > > > > Now that Zend can differentiate between array accessors and property accesses, > attributes and nodes should be separated. I might be crazy, but they already are. This was changed months ago. I am the only one who actually uses SimpleXML? :) -adam -- adam@trachtenberg.com author of o'reilly's php cookbook avoid the holiday rush, buy your copy today!