note 35855 deleted from function.domnode-add-namespace by sobak

Note Submitter: tkearns at fastmail dot fm ---- <?php // EXAMPLE USING PHP 4.3.3 $objDoc = domxml_new_doc("1.0"); $ndRoot = $objDoc->create_element("root"); $ndRoot = $objDoc->append_child($ndRoot); $ndRoot->set_namespace("foo/the/bar"); // using ramdom prefix, produces something like // <a3767:root xmlns:a3767="foo/the/bar"/> $ndRoot->set_namespace("yet/another/namespace","yan"); // modifies the existing prefix (again) produces something like // <yan:root xmlns:a3767="foo/the/bar" xmlns:yan="yet/another/namespace"/> $ndRoot->set_namespace("yet/another/namespace","foo"); // attempt to use the same ns id has again no effect. element is un-touched // <yan:root xmlns:a3767="foo/the/bar" xmlns:yan="yet/another/namespace"/> $ndRoot->set_namespace("new/ns/no/prefix"); // munges the existing element prefix again as well as adding declaration // <a1757:root // xmlns:a3767="foo/the/bar" // xmlns:yan="yet/another/namespace" // xmlns:a1757="new/ns/no/prefix" // /> /* It seems that the only way to add a DEFAULT namespace to a node (without affecting the current prefix), is to use set_attribute("xmlns",$ndId). */ $ndRoot->set_attribute("xmlns","default/ns/no/prefix"); // now we have // <a1757:root // xmlns:a3767="foo/the/bar" // xmlns:yan="yet/another/namespace" // xmlns:a1757="new/ns/no/prefix" // xmlns="default/ns/no/prefix" // /> /* Note that namespace declarations inserted using set_namespace are not classed as attributes, so they do not show up in an attribute list. Since we set our default namespace using the set_attribute() method, it is the only one that will show up. */ var_dump($ndRoot->attributes()); // see that only the defaul namespace is returned because it is of type // "domattribute" because we set it with an attribute method. $ndRoot->set_attribute("xmlns:pfx","non/default/with/prefix"); // now we have // <a1757:root // xmlns:a3767="foo/the/bar" // xmlns:yan="yet/another/namespace" // xmlns:a1757="new/ns/no/prefix" // xmlns="default/ns/no/prefix" // xmlns:pfx="non/default/with/prefix" // /> /* Any XML processor still regards it as a namespace declaration the same way they recognise the other namespaces we declared. Problem for us is that we cannot ascertain the existing namespace declarations on any element if they are not declared using set_attribute. Furthermore, external files imported into DOMXML objects do NOT have their namespace declarations detected as attributes - and rightly so. But the problem arises that now there is no way to detect these declarations. */ var_dump($ndRoot->attributes()); // Our new "xmlns:pfx" *attribute* now shows up because we set it with an // attribute method and it is of type "domattribute". So what of our namespace // declarations using set_namespace() then? Do they have a type? /* Well there doesn't seem to be any other dom type where our declarations can reside. This is problably the reason why we have no way of detecting them. It's important to note that when parsing in external XML files, the prefixed namespace declarations do NOT show up in the list of attribute nodes. */ /* I would also argue that destroying the existing element prefix by forcing the [re]population of it with a new one when using set_namespace() should be considdered "unexpected behaviour". If the user doesn not supply a prefix, then it should be added as the default namespace (with no prefix). Using set_attribute() is a workaround to the "problem" and not a solution. */ /* The behaviour of set_namespace() is not the biggest problem though. Inability to detect existing namespace declarations is. How do I find out if a namespace with id of "yet/another/namespace" has been declared in this element? The answer is I can't. And if I could, I would also want to know what prefix it is using. */ echo htmlentities($objDoc->dump_mem(true)); ?>