Re: XML_Serializer - flexible node attributes?

Andrew - Thanks for the simplexml tip, I hadn't yet made it to that point, but as soon as I ran into the problem, you suggestion came in handy. However, I am still having trouble with my need to create a node with both sub-nodes and attributes. I don't quite see how attributesArray would handle it - it seems like all or nothing. Here is an example what I am trying to accomplish: ... <ExchangeVisitor requestID="96" userID="userID" printForm="1">

    <LastName>bbbb</LastName>
    <FirstName>aaaa</FirstName>

</ExchangeVisitor> ... But if I use attributesArray it also wants to put LastName and FirstName as an attribute to the ExchangeVisitor. I only want requestID, userID, printForm as attributes and everything else as sub-nodes. Any ideas? Examples? Thanks! On Dec 16, 2005, at 3:26 PM, Andrew Nagy wrote:

Andrew Nagy wrote:

Stephen Musgrave wrote:

Someone had responded to the thread, explaining that they should use XML_FastCreate instead.

Yes, I am in the process of switching my XML_Serializer object over to an XML_FastCreate because I don't think there is anyway to have multiple elements at one level with the same name due to the nature of associative arrays. It looks like XML_FastCreate can accomplish what you need to do.

Scratch that idea, I am sticking with XML_Serializer. XML_FastCreate will not allow the use of ':' in an element name (commonly used with namespaces) due to the nature of object variables. Also, I figured out how to allow multiple elements at one level with the same name. You can set everything in a subarray and use the "simplexml" option. Andrew