Debugging SimpleXML Objects

ahoyhere (Amy Hoy) — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 04:59:27 GMT

AGRH@!! SimpleXML bites the big one -- you can't even var_dump it to examine the contents and the controls are terrible. Luckily, you can convert it for debugging:



$sxml = simplexml_load_string($data);

// .. much hate between then and now... //

debugsxml($sxml);





function debugsxml($sxml) {

    $dom = dom_import_simplexml($sxml);

    printArray($dom);

}



function printArray($array){

    echo '';

    print_r($array);

    echo '';

}

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Debugging SimpleXML Objects