note 64837 added to function.simplexml-element-children

Sometimes you actually want an array, not a pseudo array. This is especially true when you aren't dealing with attributes (i.e., you just want the array of child nodes). Do like this: <?php $children = $sxml->xpath('child::node()'); ?> The reason you might want this is to be able to use array functions like array_shift, array_pop, etc. This is especially true when you are writing recursive functions. Simplexml works really well in iterative programming, but if you try to implement recursion it gets ugly. ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 68.165.149.2 ---- X-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_MISSING,FROM_NO_LOWER autolearn=no version=2.64 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.simplexml-element-children.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/note/edit/64837 Del: integrated -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64837/integrated Del: useless -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64837/useless Del: bad code -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64837/bad+code Del: spam -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64837/spam Del: non-english -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64837/non-english Del: in docs -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64837/in+docs Del: other reasons-- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64837 Reject -- http://master.php.net/note/reject/64837 Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php