On 7/15/05, Daevid Vincent <daevid@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Maybe I'm missing something about XML specifications, but this doesn't seem > right to me. > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.simplexml.php > > Here is a code fragment I use: > > $xml = simplexml_load_string($returnData); > var_dump($xml); > if (is_object($xml)) > { > //first lets make sure we didn't get an <ERROR> > if ($xml->error) > { > echo "An ERROR was encountered\n"; > echo "CODE: ".((string)$xml->error->code)."\n"; > echo "STRING: ".((string)$xml->error->string)."\n"; > exit; > } > > ... > } > > I have my XML setup such that if there is an error, I return: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> > <error code="tbd" string="user not found." /> this are attributes, which have to accessed differently. and the first object you get is already the root node (error in your case). try echo "CODE: ".((string)$xml['code'])."\n"; (not tested, but should work) chregu > > But simple XML will not detect this as illustrated by var_dump($xml) > > object(SimpleXMLElement)#1 (0) { > } > > However, if I change my output to be: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> > <error> > <code>tbd</code> > <string>user not found with those credentials.</string> > </error> > > Then I get... > > object(SimpleXMLElement)#1 (2) { > ["code"]=> > string(3) "tbd" > ["string"]=> > string(38) "user not found." > } > > Notice also that my object is not nested inside an ["error"] as I would > expect it to be. > So I would expect to get this (in BOTH cases actually): > > object(SimpleXMLElement)#1 (1) { > ["error"]=> > object(SimpleXMLElement)#1 (2) { > ["code"]=> > string(3) "tbd" > ["string"]=> > string(38) "user not found." > } > } > > More useful information: > > root@DAEVID:/lockdown/includes/api# php -v > PHP 5.0.3 (cli) (built: Jul 11 2005 12:33:48) > Copyright (c) 1997-2004 The PHP Group > Zend Engine v2.0.3, Copyright (c) 1998-2004 Zend Technologies > with Zend Extension Manager v1.0.6, Copyright (c) 2003-2004, by Zend > Technologies > with Zend Optimizer v2.5.7, Copyright (c) 1998-2004, by Zend > Technologies > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- christian stocker | Bitflux GmbH | schoeneggstrasse 5 | ch-8004 zurich phone +41 1 240 56 70 | mobile +41 76 561 88 60 | fax +41 1 240 56 71 http://www.bitflux.ch | chregu@xxxxxxxxxx | gnupg-keyid 0x5CE1DECB -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
