#39593 [NEW]: XPath NodeList: "Couldn't fetch DOMElement: Node no longer exists"

From: dave dot lane at gmx dot net Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.2.0 PHP Bug Type: DOM XML related Bug description: XPath NodeList: "Couldn't fetch DOMElement: Node no longer exists" Description: ------------ The following code does not work. When the nodes in a NodeList that is the result of an XPath query are copied into an array and returned from a function. When the nodes in the array are used a warning results: "Couldn't fetch DOMElement. Node no longer exists..." Reproduce code: --------------- bug.php: <? $DOMMain =& OpenXMLDoc('main.xml'); $aArray =& GetArray($DOMMain); echo 'After return: '.$aArray[0]->localName->localName."<br>\n"; function &OpenXMLDoc($sFileName) { $DOM = new DOMDocument(); $DOM->preserveWhiteSpace = false; $DOM->load($sFileName); return $DOM; } function &ExecuteXPath($sXPath, DOMDocument &$DOMDocument, DOMNode &$DOMNode) { $objXPath = new DOMXPath($DOMDocument); return $objXPath->query($sXPath, $DOMNode); } function &GetArray(&$DOMMain) { $DOMInclude =& OpenXMLDoc('include.xml'); $NodeImported = $DOMMain->importNode($DOMInclude->documentElement, true); $NodeListImported =& ExecuteXPath('./include1', $DOMMain, $NodeImported); $NodeListImported = $NodeListImported->item(0)->childNodes; echo 'In NodeList: '.$NodeListImported->item(0)->localName."<br>\n"; $aArray = array(); foreach($NodeListImported as $Node) { $aArray[] = $Node; } echo 'In Array: '.$aArray[0]->localName."<br>\n"; return $aArray; } ?> main.xml: <?xml version = "1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <root> </root> include.xml: <?xml version = "1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <include> <include1> <div> <span>test</span> </div> </include1> </include> Expected result: ---------------- In NodeList: div In Array: div After return: div Actual result: -------------- In NodeList: div In Array: div Warning: Couldn't fetch DOMElement. Node no longer exists in /var/www/html/usr/dla/csc/V2/bug/bug.php on line 5 After return: -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=39593&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39593&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39593&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39593&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39593&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39593&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39593&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39593&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39593&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39593&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39593&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39593&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39593&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39593&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39593&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39593&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39593&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39593&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39593&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39593&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39593&r=mysqlcfg