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Hi,

I would like to extend my Models data with all these data as XML also.

So, actually I have:

                $animal = Model_Animal::forge(array(
                    'name' => Input::post('name'),
                    'age' => Input::post('age'),
                ));

I get this data and change them to XML structure:

                $xml = Format::forge($animal)->to_xml();

So far so good, but now I want to extend the data from the Model_Animal with the new value rom $xml. How can I do that?

I tried the following:

1) Read out the data array:
                $animal_array = $animal->to_array();
2) Store all again together:
                $animal = Model_Animal::forge()->set(array(
                    $animal_array,
                    'xml' => $xml,
                ));

But with no luck, _data is always empty after this step.

Is there a way for me to do that?

Thanks
Kay