note 100811 added to class.simplexmlelement

To further previous comments and drive the point home: What makes SimpleXMLElement tricky to work with is that it feels and behaves like an object, but is actually a system RESOURCE, (specifically a libxml resource). That's why you can't store a SimpleXMLElement to $_SESSION or perform straight comparison operations on node values without first casting them to some type of object. $_SESSION expects to store 'an object' and comparison operators expect to compare 2 'objects' and SimpleXMLElements are not objects. When you echo or print a node's value, PHP converts the value (a resource) into a string object for you. It's a time saver for sure, but can fool you into thinking that your SimpleXMLElement is an object. Hope this helps clarify ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 98.254.60.60 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/class.simplexmlelement.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/100811 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100811/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100811/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100811/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100811/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100811/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100811/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100811 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/100811 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php