Bug #8534

empty string treated like null ?

Details

Request #8534	empty string treated like null ?
Submitted	2006-08-22 14:53 UTC
From	gillou_garou at yahoo dot fr
Status	Wont fix
Package	XML_Serializer
PHP Version	4.4.2
OS	linux
Roadmaps	(Not assigned)

Comments

[2006-08-22 14:53 UTC] gillou_garou at yahoo dot fr

Description:
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My problem is that an empty string is treated the same way as null value. If i put an empty string as an array value, when serializing with option "cdata", i'd like the serializer to generate an empty cdata tag :
like :
<tag><![CDATA[]]></tag>
instead of just :
<tag />

Test script:
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$tab["tag"]="";

$serializer_options = array (
'addDecl' => TRUE,
'encoding' => 'UTF-8',
'indent' => ' ',
'rootName' => 'root',
'scalarAsAttributes' => FALSE,
'cdata'=> TRUE,
'encodeFunction' => "utf8_encode"
);

$Serializer = &new XML_Serializer($serializer_options);
$Serializer->serialize($tab);
echo($Serializer->getSerializedData());

Expected result:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
<tag><![CDATA[]]></tag>
</root>

Actual result:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
<tag />
</root>