Re: SimpleXML behaves like chameleon

Hi On 31.1.2005 21:14 Uhr, Jirka Kosek wrote:

Hi, I found strange problem with SimpleXML. If there are multiple elements with the same name on the same level (they are siblings) there are sometimes returned as an array and sometimes as an object. Is this a bug or am I missing something? See code that demonstrates problem:

Simple answer, the usual array functions don't work on simplexml objects. Use the iterator interface. chregu

<pre> <?php $xml = simplexml_load_string(" <root> <item>

    <subitem>A</subitem>
    <subitem>B</subitem>

</item> </root> "); // Inspect $xml->item. It seems that $xml->item->subitem is array print_r($xml->item); // OK. Count number of subitems. It should be 2 echo count($xml->item->subitem); echo "\n"; // But we get 1. Why? // It seems that $xml->item->subitem is not array anymore, it is object now. Huh?! print_r($xml->item->subitem); ?> </pre> TIA,

                Jirka

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