On 7/2/07, Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net> wrote:
> Currently, an empty check like the following returns false because
> SimpleXML only checks for node existence in has_property. I'd like to
> propose the attached patch to change this to look at the node's children
> and apply PHP's emptiness rules to the content.
>
> $data = '<?xml version="1.0 ?>
> <doc>
> <e1></e1>
> <e2>0</e2>
> <f1>foo</f1>
> <x eprop="" fprop="data" />
> </doc>';
>
> $s = simplexml_load_string($data);
> var_dump(empty($s->e1)); // Currently false
> var_dump(empty($s->e2)); // Currently false
> var_dump(empty($s->f1)); // False
> var_dump(empty($s->x['eprop'])); // Currently false
> var_dump(empty($s->x['fprop'])); // False
>
> Note that this patch only effects elements which only contains an empty
> text node or only a text node with a literal "0". If the element
> contains real children, then it's considered to be non-empty (even if
> those children are in turn empty themselves).
>
> -Sara
>
>
> Index: ext/simplexml/simplexml.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /repository/php-src/ext/simplexml/simplexml.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.151.2.23
> diff -u -p -r1.151.2.23 simplexml.c
> --- ext/simplexml/simplexml.c 1 Jan 2007 09:40:27 -0000 1.151.2.23
> +++ ext/simplexml/simplexml.c 2 Jul 2007 20:30:05 -0000
> @@ -692,6 +692,11 @@ static int sxe_prop_dim_exists(zval *obj
> attr = attr->next;
> }
> }
> + if (exists && check_empty == 1 &&
> + (!attr->children || !attr->children->content || !attr->children->content[0] || !xmlStrcmp(attr->children->content, "0")) ) {
> + /* Attribute with no content in it's text node */
> + exists = 0;
> + }
> }
>
> if (elements) {
> @@ -714,6 +719,11 @@ static int sxe_prop_dim_exists(zval *obj
> }
> if (node) {
> exists = 1;
> + if (check_empty == 1 &&
> + (!node->children || (node->children->type == XML_TEXT_NODE && !node->children->next &&
> + (!node->children->content || !node->children->content[0] || !xmlStrcmp(node->children->content, "0")))) ) {
> + exists = 0;
> + }
> }
> }
> }
>
>
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Tested it and makes perfect sense.
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David Coallier,
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