Re: [PHP-XML-DEV] Can SimpleXML still return all namespaces?

> http://doc.php.net/php/dochowto/

Yikes! There's a lot of that. I'll take a more thorough look later.

>>> So what you are proposing is just a way to be able to work with 
>>> SimpleXML in a completely namespace ignorant way?
>>> Basically, ignore all namespaces/prefixes and work directly with 
>>> local names only?
>>
> I am looking into this. I tossed this idea around with a few others and 
> they also agree it might be a good idea to allow this type of 
> functionality (though it would *NOT* be the default behavior. You would 
> need to enable it via some parameter when working with SimpleXML). Still 
> thinking about the implementation for this.

Sounds great.

>> 2. There should be a way to get the current scope of a 
>> SimpleXMLElement.
> getNamespaces() - though this will also add namespaces from attributes 
> as well - but again if working with complex documents, SimpleXML alone 
> might be the wrong choice - you can mix DOM and SimpleXML without the 
> overhead of having to copy documents.

getNamespaces() doesn't do what I want. I am not interested in finding 
out what namespaces are in scope/used in the XML document per se, but 
what namespace scope SimpleXML is in for the object in question. I.e. 
what namespace will it be searching for if you use -> or [] notation?

Please, please, please introduce this one, as with this small amount of 
functionality, pretty much everything else that I want can be done by 
subclassing SimpleXMLElement/going back to DOM (both amazingly great 
features you guys have added; very insightful). This little piece of 
internal state that SimpleXML has is so important, it needs to be 
accessible.

Cheers,

Ben.




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