note 91227 added to simplexml.examples-basic

@radams: Personally I think it is simpler to check if an element exists by using isset(). <?php $xml = <<<EOT <?xml version='1.0' standalone='yes'?> <root> <test1></test1> <test2 /> <test4> </test4> </root> EOT; $xmlDoc = new SimpleXMLElement($xml); echo isset($xmlDoc->test1) ? "true" : "false"; //true echo isset($xmlDoc->test2) ? "true" : "false"; //true echo isset($xmlDoc->test3) ? "true" : "false"; //false echo isset($xmlDoc->test4) ? "true" : "false"; //true ?> Excuse lack of formatting in output, just makes code look nicer. ---- Server IP: 92.48.74.199 Probable Submitter: 86.25.179.23 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/simplexml.examples-basic.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/91227 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91227/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91227/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91227/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91227/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91227/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91227/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91227 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/91227 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php