#25640 [Asn->Bgs]: simplexml element object properties return empty objects

[helly]

 ID:               25640
 Updated by:       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Reported By:      tater at potatoe dot com
-Status:           Assigned
+Status:           Bogus
 Bug Type:         XML related
 Operating System: *
-PHP Version:      5CVS-2003-09-23 (dev)
+PHP Version:      5*
 Assigned To:      sterling
 New Comment:

Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

A property access returns the element (as an object).
Using __tostring() or conversion by (string) returns the text content.
If an element contains multiple elements of the same name then
accessing those by proeprty returns an array of eleemnt objects. So all
is fine.


Previous Comments:
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[2003-12-16 08:52:10] tim at timcrider dot com

I have been able to produce a similar problem, but I'm not sure if it's
exactly the same bug or a variant of this one.

-----[ XML Field ]-----
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<test>
 <fields>
  <myField>a</myField>
  <myField>b</myField>
  <myField>c</myField>
 </fields>
</test>

-----[ Script ]-----
#!/usr/local/bin/php -q
<?php

 $sx = simplexml_load_file("_example.xml");

 print_r($sx);

 for ($i = 0; $i < count($sx->fields->myField); $i++)
 {
    $v = $sx->fields->myField[$i];

    print "True Value: {$v}\n";
    $tmp[] = $v;
    $tmp2[] = "$v";

 }

 print "Trying to view 'tmp' array:\n\n";
 print_r($tmp);

 print "Trying to view 'tmp2' array:\n\n";
 print_r($tmp2);

?>

-----[ Output ]-----
simplexml_element Object
(
    [fields] => simplexml_element Object
        (
            [myField] => Array
                (
                    [0] => a
                    [1] => b
                    [2] => c
                )

        )

)
True Value: a
True Value: b
True Value: c
Trying to view 'tmp' array:

Array
(
    [0] => simplexml_element Object
        (
        )

    [1] => simplexml_element Object
        (
        )

    [2] => simplexml_element Object
        (
        )

)
Trying to view 'tmp2' array:

Array
(
    [0] => a
    [1] => b
    [2] => c
)

-----[ PHP Version Info ]-----
PHP 5.0.0b2 (cli) (built: Dec  7 2003 18:04:51)
Copyright (c) 1997-2003 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.0.0-dev, Copyright (c) 1998-2003 Zend Technologies
    with Turck MMCache v2.4.6, Copyright (c) 2002-2003 TurckSoft, St.
Petersburg, by Dmitry Stogov


I tried the latest CVS, at the time of this posting, and it would not
build because of a mysqli compile problem.

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[2003-09-23 21:25:25] tater at potatoe dot com

Description:
------------
I guess this is related to the recent toString() stuff -
simplexml_element object properties can't be printed or
assigned, they all come out as 'Object #x'. the string
values turn into empty simplexml_element objects.

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php
$xml = '<wrapper><foo>s1</foo><bar>s2</bar><bar>s3</bar></wrapper>';
$t = simplexml_load_string($xml);
var_dump($t,$t->foo,$t->bar);
?>

Expected result:
----------------
object(simplexml_element)#1 (2) {
  ["foo"]=>
  string(2) "s1"
  ["bar"]=>
  array(2) {
    [0]=>
    string(2) "s2"
    [1]=>
    string(2) "s3"
  }
}
string(2) "s1"
array(2) {
  [0]=>
  string(2) "s2"
  [1]=>
  string(2) "s3"
}

Actual result:
--------------
object(simplexml_element)#1 (2) {
  ["foo"]=>
  string(2) "s1"
  ["bar"]=>
  array(2) {
    [0]=>
    string(2) "s2"
    [1]=>
    string(2) "s3"
  }
}
object(simplexml_element)#2 (0) {
}
array(2) {
  [0]=>
  object(simplexml_element)#3 (0) {
  }
  [1]=>
  object(simplexml_element)#4 (0) {
  }
}


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