Some SimpleXML problem

[sjgoodjob]

Description:

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Doing the following SimpleXML text comparison does not give the expected results.

 

Reproduce code:

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<?php
$sxe = simplexml_load_string('<root a="123" />');

echo $sxe['a']."\n";

if ($sxe['a'] == '123')
{
echo 'They are equal.'."\n";
}
else
{
echo 'They are not equal.'."\n";
}
?>

Expected result:

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123

They are equal.

 

Actual result:

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123

They are not equal.

 

[salathe]

See Example #6 on http://php.net/simplexml.examples-basic