Re: SimpleXML and Default Cast To String

From: Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 23:40:13 +0000
Subject: Re: SimpleXML and Default Cast To String
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> 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? :) > :) I know the code was in there, i didn't know it forcibly separated it. It seems it does. -Sterling

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