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

From: Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:58:31 +0000
Subject: #39593 [Opn]: XPath NodeList: "Couldn't fetch DOMElement: Node no longer exists"
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ID: 39593 User updated by: dave dot lane at gmx dot net Reported By: dave dot lane at gmx dot net Status: Open Bug Type: DOM XML related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.2.0 New Comment: Sorry description should read: Description: ------------ When the nodes in a NodeList that is the result of an XPath query are copied into an array and returned from a function the Nodes in the array although they exist are not valid. When the nodes in the array are used a warning results: "Couldn't fetch DOMElement. Node no longer exists..." Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-11-22 17:54:18] dave dot lane at gmx dot net 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 this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=39593&edit=1

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