note 49479 added to ref.simplexml

Sometimes tag names do not respect PHP variable name syntax. For example I have a file like this: <livre> <éditorial> <édition-originale ref="123"> bla bla bla </édition-originale> </éditorial> </livre> It's a perfectly valid XML file, but $livre->éditorial[0]->édition-originale[0]->attributes() will not work because of the hyphen. The only solution I found is to write: $livre->éditorial[0]->{"édition-originale"}[0]->attributes() $livre->xpath("/livre/éditorial/édition-originale/@ref") doesn't work either but for that one I don't know how to solve the problem... ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.simplexml.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+49479 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49479&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49479&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49479&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49479&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49479&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+49479&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php