Bug #5086

Class references sometimes missed with unserialize

Details

Request #5086	Class references sometimes missed with unserialize
Submitted	2005-08-14 01:40 UTC
From	walter_tom at hotmail dot com
Status	Wont fix
Package	XML_Serializer
PHP Version	4.4.1
OS	Any
Roadmaps	(Not assigned)

Comments

[2005-08-14 01:40 UTC] walter_tom at hotmail dot com

Description:
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XML_Unserializer 0.16.0

If a tag does not have attributes, then the class is not
created, even if tagAsClass is set and complexType is
set to object.

I believe the error is around line 392 of
Unserializer.php:

if ($this->options['parseAttributes'] == true &&
(count($attribs) > 0)) {
$val['children'] = array();
$val['type'] = $this->options['complexType'];
$val['class'] = $element;

As you can see, there is an if statement meaning that
$val['type'] and $val['class'] are not set if the
element has no attributes.

[2005-08-15 07:11 UTC] walter_tom at hotmail dot com

Fair enough.

Attributes can be optional though. As it stands, if an optional attribute is not defined, the object won't be created. This presents a problem for any code that references the object, since it has to take into account whether it is actually an object or a string.

But yeah, no bug, I'm resubmitting this as a feature request.