Hi all!

I'm using simplexml to load an xml into an object.
The XML is this:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<request>
<customerID>3</customerID>
<appName>agenda</appName>
<ticketType>cticket_agenda_server</ticketType>
<ticketTypeID>1</ticketTypeID>
<platformID>1</platformID>
<ticketAction>addUsersToGroup</ticketAction>
</request>

When I do this:

$file = simplexml_load_file( 'file.xml' );
$ticketType = $file->ticketType;

What i really have into $ticketType is a SimpleXMLElement... not the
value "cticket_agenda_server"... What am I doing wrong?

Because if I echo this value... Yes, I obtain the
"cticket_agenda_server"... But if I want to use like:

$ticket = new $ticketType( $param1, $param2);

It throws:
Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message
'SimpleXMLElement::__construct() expects parameter 1 to be string, array
given' in C:\Dani\htdocs\ticket_server\ticket_execute.php:13 4
Stack trace:
#0 C:\Dani\htdocs\ticket_server\ticket_execute.php(13 4):
SimpleXMLElement->__construct(Array, Object(clogger))
#1 {main}
thrown

It seems like it uses $ticketType class instead the value inside.

Than you in advance

cast the value to a string when you pull it out if you want to use it that
way:
<?php $xml = <<<XML
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<request>
<customerID>3</customerID>
<appName>agenda</appName>
<ticketType>cticket_agenda_server</ticketType>
<ticketTypeID>1</ticketTypeID>
<platformID>1</platformID>
<ticketAction>addUsersToGroup</ticketAction>
</request>
XML;
$file = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
$ticketTypeAsSimpleXmlElement = $file->ticketType;
$ticketTypeAsString = (string)$file->ticketType;
$ticketTypeAnalyzer = new ReflectionObject($ticketTypeAsSimpleXmlElement);

echo (string)$ticketTypeAnalyzer . PHP_EOL; var_dump($ticketTypeAsString);
?>

-nathan

Nathan Nobbe escribió:

Thanks! Problem fixed... But I think PHP must do the cast automatically.
I think it's a bug fixed in a further version than mine as I've read

no problem; but just fyi, its not a bug; the behavior is as expected per the
manual:
http://us3.php.net/manual/en/ref.simplexml.php

*Example#6 Comparing Elements and Attributes with Text*

To compare an element or attribute with a string or pass it into a function
that requires a string,

you must cast it to a string using *(string)*. Otherwise, PHP treats the
element as an object.

if you use an operation that casts implicitly, such as echo, you dont have
to cast yourself;
otherwise you do

-nathan