iterators...
On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 16:53:49 -0400, David Sklar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> SimpleXML returns attribute values as SimpleXMLElement objects instead
> of strings. E.g, given this:
>
> $sxe = simplexml_load_string('<octopus arms="eight" legs="">Doc
> Ock</octopus>');
>
> $sxe['arms'] and $sxe['legs'] are SimpleXMLElement objects.
>
> This mostly works OK, but causes problems when using empty() to test if
> an attribute has a value. empty($sxe['arms']) is false, but so is
> empty($sxe['legs']).
>
> An easy workaround is to use strlen() instead of empty(), I suppose
> (except if an attribute value is "0"), but I am wondering why SimpleXML
> works this way.
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
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