note 96317 added to class.simplexmlelement

The root node element of your input XML string is not retrievable as a property. <?php $xml="<foo>bar</foo>"; $sxe=new SimpleXMLElement($xml); print $sxe->foo; ?> prints nothing. You can only get to the root element via the array index method ($sxe[0]). Also, you may not have two (or more) root elements -- that is apparently not well-formed XML. <?php $xml="<foo/><bar/>"; $sxe=new SimpleXMLElement($xml); ?> throws an exception. A Q&D is to append an arbitraty root node structure to both ends of the input: <?php $xml="<foo/><bar/>"; $sxe=new SimpleXMLElement("<z>".$xml."</z>"); ?> Doing this also solves the above problem of root node property accessibility. (It may not work if your XML string includes a declaration.) ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 174.46.204.210 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/class.simplexmlelement.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/96317 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96317/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96317/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96317/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96317/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96317/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96317/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96317 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/96317 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php