Stut wrote:
> Sebastian Bergmann wrote:
>> 1 <?php
>> 2 $root = simplexml_load_string('<root id="1"><node/></root>');
>> 3
>> 4 $array = array();
>> 5 $array[$root['id']] = 'value';
>> 6
>> 7 $key = (int)$root['id'];
>> 8 $array[$key] = 'value';
>> 9 ?>
>> Warning: Illegal offset type in /home/sb/test.php on line 5
>>
>
> I've not used it much, but I believe you need to cast attributes coming
> out of SimpleXML, in this case probably to an int.
that sounds about right. my experience with SimpleXML is that every is either
a string, an object, an array depending on how you are looking at it and
regardless of
the situation auto-casting can be relied on to NOT do what you want/expect ...
the most problematic thing I found with simpleXML was the complete lack of
means to
inspect an objects structure/content using funcs like var_dump() [it seems
lots of __toString() magic lays waste to any attempt to look inside the object]
from what I gather the described 'annoyance' is indicative of the prescribed
SimpleXML behaviour.
I personally believe that SimpleXML is too clever and/or intuitive for it's own
good
- or maybe I'm just incredibly stupid, either way I decided a while back to
stick to
using the DOM extension for anything XML related because I found it so much
easier to
use and understand.
I guess nothing in live is ever simple ;-)
>
> -Stut
>
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