Home » XML » XML_Serializer » Bug #4325

[2005-05-11 07:23 UTC] consulting at jtroiano dot com

Description:
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PEAR.php,v 1.80
Serializer.php,v 1.34
Util.php,v 1.24

When attempting to serialize an associative array
containing multiple keys of the same name (in this case
'field'), only the last key/value pair is returned as an
XML element.

Reproduce code:
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$this->_xmlQuery = array(
"requestby" => array(
"office" => "OfficeID",
"branch" => "BranchID",
"webid" => "WebID",
"password" => "Password"
),
"query" => array(
"querytype" => "customfieldlistbywhere",
"querydata" => "SQL WHERE clause",
"fieldlist" => array(
"field" => "cl_class",
"field" => "mls_num",
"field" => "lp_list_price",
"field" => "sf_square_feet"
)
)
);
$result = $serializer->serialize($this->_xmlQuery);

Expected result:
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Expected to have multiple <field> elements as children
to the <fieldlist> element. The <field> elements tell
the database server the exact subset of data to return
in reponse to the request.

FWIW, I tried tweaking the loop structures w/in
_serializeArray() myself, to no avail. Wound up hand-
coding the XML for the contents of <fieldlist>, setting
replaceEntities to XML_SERIALIZER_ENTITIES_NONE, and
calling htmlspecialchars() on the string passed into
<querydata> - as a work-around. It works fine that way.

The package itself has greatly simplified my task.
Thanks for the good work.

Actual result:
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<fieldlist><field>sf_square_feet</field></fieldlist>

[2005-05-11 22:22 UTC] consulting at jtroiano dot com

Ah, I see. Each assignment was overwriting the
previous. I guess my "work-around" is actually the only
way to build such a structure from an array.

Sorry for wasting your time.