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 > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
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