Home » XML » XML_Serializer » Bug #782

[2004-02-18 02:38 UTC] joe-pear at 1db dot com

Description:
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If an array has only 1 member, the unserialized data structure does not match the original structure. Instead of an array with 1 member, the class returns a string. I have to treat an array that may have 1 or more items different from a normal string or an array with 2 or more items.

I would use attributes to force an array type, but there is no way to set attributes in an array without coding the xml seperately.

Any suggestions?

Reproduce code:
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$xmlser_options = array("indent" => " ","linebreak" => "\n","rootName" => $root,
"rootAttributes" => array("version" => "0.91"),"typeHints" => false,"addDecl"=> true,"mode" =>"simplexml");
$xmlserializer = &new XML_Serializer($xmlser_options);
$xmlserializer->serialize($array);
$xml_string = $xmlserializer->getSerializedData();

$xmlunser_options = array("complexType" => "array","keyAttribute" => $key);
$xmlunserializer = &new XML_Unserializer($xmlunser_options);
$xmlunserializer->unserialize($xml_string, false);
$array = $xmlunserializer->getUnserializedData();

Expected result:
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$array = Array
(
[group] => Array
(
[0] => John
)
)
serializes to:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<groupupdate version="0.91">
<group>John</group>
</groupupdate>

and unserializes to an identical array:

$array = Array
(
[group] => Array
(
[0] => John
)

Actual result:
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$array = Array
(
[group] => Array
(
[0] => John
)
)

serializes to:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<groupupdate version="0.91">
<group>John</group>
</groupupdate>

and unserializes to an array containing a scalar string instead of the expected array:

$array = Array
(
[group] => John
)