note 105696 added to book.simplexml

The code posted by xananax at yelostudio dot com has a bug in it that only surfaces when you have duplicate nested nodes. For instance: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1250"?> <utility> <status> <sender>test@email.com</sender> <scope>Test</scope> <restriction/> <note>This is a test</note> <references>some test stuff</references> <info> <language>en-us</language> <category>Do-dads</category> <eventCode> <valueName>test</valueName> <value>one</value> <valueName>tset</valueName> <value>two</value> </eventCode> </info> </status> </utility> <value>two</value> will generate this error: Fatal error: [] operator not supported for strings in xmlhelper.php on line 37 His line 37 reads: $children[$elementName][] = $value; I dont know how to fix this but I spent considerable time on the problem and I'm now looking for a new solution. Not a knock on xananax cause his code works really nice in normal circumstances... just wanted to save someone else some trouble, especially since this code is all over the net. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 184.33.59.64 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/book.simplexml.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/105696 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105696/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105696/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105696/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105696/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105696/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105696/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105696 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/105696 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php