#29092 [Com]: Object Upcasting Occurs upon itterating children

[Jason at amp-design dot net]

 ID:               29092
 Comment by:       Jason at amp-design dot net
 Reported By:      Jason at hybd dot net
 Status:           Bogus
 Bug Type:         *XML functions
 Operating System: Windows 2003 Enterprise Server
 PHP Version:      5.0.0RC3
 New Comment:

There is no mentioning of this is the documentation for PHP, so
although this may not be a bug in PHP it's self, it's a bugin the
documentation if it doesn't mention this. Should I submit this as a
documentation bug under a new ID?

Regards
Jason


Previous Comments:
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[2004-07-21 12:23:13] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

Better memory management was more important than this. The objects are
limited to scope and since you cannot cast objects, you would need to
persist the newly created objects objects in some way. i.e.:

<?php

class TplCompileTree extends DomDocument {}
class TplTagDefault extends DomElement {}

$docRoot = &new TplCompileTree();
$newNode = &new TplTagDefault('Root');
$docRoot->appendChild($newNode);

$doc_array = array();

for($i = 0; $i < 3; $i++) {
    $doc_array[] = $newNode->appendChild(new
TplTagDefault('Kiddy'.$i));
}
foreach($docRoot->childNodes AS $child) {
    var_dump($child);
    foreach($child->childNodes as $kids) {
        var_dump($kids);
    }
}
echo $docRoot->saveXML();

?> 

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[2004-07-11 14:28:44] Jason at hybd dot net

Description:
------------
When using the itterator DomNode::childNodes to cycle through nodes
objects that have been extended though PHP (In this case,
TplTagDefault), the behaviour becomes inconsistent.

As you can see from the output, the object returned is sometimes a
TplTagDefault but other times it's a DOM* object. Generally the last
item in the DomNodeList is of the correct type.

I have posted this on a couple of forums/IRC support places and they
all seem to agree it's a bug (though few people seem to have DOM/XML
understanding). If this is not a bug, please could someone explain how
I prevent objects from lossing their inheritance (i.e. prevent
upcasting) when cycling through them.

-- Jay

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php

class TplCompileTree extends DomDocument {}
class TplTagDefault extends DomElement {}

$docRoot = &new TplCompileTree();
$newNode = &new TplTagDefault('Root');
$docRoot->appendChild($newNode);
for($i = 0; $i < 3; $i++) {
    $newNode->appendChild(new TplTagDefault('Kiddy'.$i));
}
foreach($docRoot->childNodes AS $child) {
    var_dump($child);
    foreach($child->childNodes as $kids) {
        var_dump($kids);
    }
}
echo $docRoot->saveXML();

?> 

Expected result:
----------------
object(TplTagDefault)#13 (0) {
}
object(TplTagDefault)#18 (0) {
}
object(TplTagDefault)#20 (0) {
}
object(TplTagDefault)#14 (0) {
}
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Root><Kiddy0/><Kiddy1/><Kiddy2/></Root>



Actual result:
--------------
object(TplTagDefault)#13 (0) {
}
object(DOMElement)#18 (0) {
}
object(DOMElement)#20 (0) {
}
object(TplTagDefault)#14 (0) {
}
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Root><Kiddy0/><Kiddy1/><Kiddy2/></Root>


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