ID:               31045
 Updated by:       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Reported By:      rbro at hotmail dot com
-Status:           Open
+Status:           Wont fix
 Bug Type:         SimpleXML related
 Operating System: Linux
 PHP Version:      5CVS-2004-12-09 (dev)
 New Comment:

really not a bug.

simplexml returns an empty string in your case (no text content in
<xml>), which is == false in PHP's loosely typed implementation. Just
use === and it works as expected


Previous Comments:
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[2004-12-14 09:07:38] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

If we have updates, we'll get back to you. No need to keep bugging us.

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[2004-12-13 20:36:28] rbro at hotmail dot com

Just wondering if there is any update on this.  I really feel that this
is a bug because there is a difference between the way the mysqli and
simplexml objects work (between the mysqli_connect() and
simplexml_load_string() functions) - since objects should work the same
across the board.  Thanks.

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[2004-12-10 00:08:58] rbro at hotmail dot com

Sorry, that code example should have been the following (same result
happens):

<?php
if (($db = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'user', 'password', 'db')) ==
false)
{
        echo 'equals false';
}
else
{
        echo 'does not equal false';
}
?>

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[2004-12-10 00:07:39] rbro at hotmail dot com

Ok, but then why does this work as expected (when a valid host,
username, password, and db are supplied):

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php
if (($db = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'user', 'password', 'db')) ===
false)
{
        echo 'equals false';
}
else
{
        echo 'does not equal false';
}
?>

Expected result:
----------------
does not equal false

Actual result:
--------------
does not equal false

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[2004-12-09 23:53:03] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

PHP is loosly typed so comparing an object with a boolean will result
in this behavior.

try comparing with === or check the type of the returned object.

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