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Juan Herrera
14 years ago
When using simplexml to access a element the returned object may be a SimpleXMLElement instead of a string.

Example:

<?php
$string
= <<<XML
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<document>
<cmd>login</cmd>
<login>Richard</login>
</document>
XML;


$xml = simplexml_load_string($string);
print_r($xml);
$login = $xml->login;
print_r($login);
$login = (string) $xml->login;
print_r($login);
?>

Expected result:
----------------
SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[cmd] => login
[login] => Richard
)
Richard
Richard

Actual result:
--------------
SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[cmd] => login
[login] => Richard
)
SimpleXMLElement Object
(
[0] => Richard
)
Richard

But this is an intended behavior. See http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=29500
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mike at mike-griffiths dot co dot uk
16 years ago
It is important that you select the correct method of loading the XML in depending on the format of your XML file.

If you use the wrong function to load it in you will get some strange errors.
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