From: ndb1974 at yahoo dot co dot uk
Operating system: UNIX
PHP version: 5.0.5
PHP Bug Type: SimpleXML related
Bug description: php 5.05/libXML 2.6.9 string variable fault
Description:
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php 5.0.4 contains libXML 2.6.11
This works appears to work correctly with text string variables
php 5.05 contains libXML 2.6.9 (not sure why it contains an older libXML)
This version combination contains a fault where XML string content
containing apostrophes (') is corrupted when reading or writing XML
variables using simpleXML. The XML functionality tries to escape the
apostrophe with several backspaces, corrupting the string when it is
processed. But this does NOT happen with libXML 2.6.11.
Reproduce code:
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Store an XML doc like:
<testdoc>
<testvar>Something's not right with ' chars</testvar>
</testdoc>
Open it with a php script like:
$dom = new DomDocument;
$xml = simplexml_load_file($XMLTestDoc);
$XMLpath = $xml -> xpath("/testdoc");
$teststring = $XMLpath[0] -> testvar;
echo ($teststring);
Expected result:
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Should see same string again.
Actual result:
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String is displayed like:
Something\\\\'s not right with \\\' chars
(i.e. corrupted with backslashes).
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34916&edit=1
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Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34916&r=trysnapshot4
Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0):
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34916&r=trysnapshot50
Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1):
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34916&r=trysnapshot51
Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34916&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34916&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34916&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34916&r=needscript
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34916&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34916&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34916&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34916&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34916&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34916&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34916&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34916&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34916&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34916&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34916&r=float
No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34916&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34916&r=mysqlcfg
