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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Is really no one interested?
From: rrichards@ctindustries.net (Rob Richards)

Marian Kostadinov wrote:

>//But how can I understand what is the name of the root node?
>$dom_sxe = dom_import_simplexml($sxe1);
>
>//Hooray, we've got node name
>echo $dom_sxe->nodeName;
>
>//And what happens if element sequence changes? .
>echo $dom_sxe->childNodes->item(1)->firstChild->firstChild->firstChild->nodeValue;
>//... hm... I prefer SimpleXML.
>  
>
The API is to be kept simple and what you are asking for can be done 
extending the SimpleXMLElement and the functions are a whole 1 line of 
user code:
<?php
class cNode extends SimpleXMLElement {
   function getName() {
      return dom_import_simplexml($this)->nodeName;
   }

   function getType() {
      return dom_import_simplexml($this)->nodeType;
   }
}

$xml = '<root />';

$sxe = simplexml_load_string($xml, 'cNode');
print $sxe->getName()."\n";
print $sxe->getType()."\n";
?>

Of course XPath could be used in place of DOM too though.

Rob