#27709 [NEW]: SimpleXML xpath function doesn't like default namespaces

[fjortiz at comunet dot es]

From:             fjortiz at comunet dot es
Operating system: Windows 2000 Server
PHP version:      5.0.0RC1
PHP Bug Type:     SimpleXML related
Bug description:  SimpleXML xpath function doesn't like default namespaces

Description:
------------
Hi,



this example works with SimpleXML xpath:



$string = <<<XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding ="UTF-8" ?>

<a xmlns:ns="urn:1">

 <b>

  <c>text</c>

  <c>stuff</c>

 </b>

 <d>

  <c>code</c>

 </d>

</a>

XML;



$xml = simplexml_load_string($string);

$res = $xml->xpath('//a'); // returns array(1)



But if we don't use a namespace prefix (default namespace), xpath, returns
an empty array, array(0), for any xpath search:



$string = <<<XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding ="UTF-8" ?>

<a xmlns="urn:1">

 <b>

  <c>text</c>

  <c>stuff</c>

 </b>

 <d>

  <c>code</c>

 </d>

</a>

XML;



$xml = simplexml_load_string($string);

$res = $xml->xpath('//a'); // returns array(0)



This is a simple example, I found the problem with a bigger XML file (a
WSDL file). This WSDL has 5 namespaces defined, and no problem at all with
SimpleXML, as long as you don't define a default namespace...



Thanks for your attention






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