#40508 [NEW]: Namespace xpath doesn't work for nested elements

From: vrana@php.net Operating system: Windows PHP version: 5.2.1 PHP Bug Type: SimpleXML related Bug description: Namespace xpath doesn't work for nested elements Description: ------------ Registering XPath namespace works only for XPath queries from root element. Reproduce code: --------------- $text = '<a xmlns="http://example.org"><b><c>test</c></b></a>'; $xml = simplexml_load_string($text); // register in root $xml->registerXPathNamespace("x", "http://example.org"); print_r($xml->b->xpath("x:c")); // register in nested element $xml->b->registerXPathNamespace("x", "http://example.org"); print_r($xml->b->xpath("x:c")); Expected result: ---------------- At least once: Array ( [0] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( [0] => test ) ) Actual result: -------------- Warning: SimpleXMLElement::xpath(): Undefined namespace prefix Warning: SimpleXMLElement::xpath(): Undefined namespace prefix -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=40508&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40508&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40508&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40508&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40508&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40508&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40508&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40508&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40508&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40508&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40508&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40508&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40508&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40508&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40508&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40508&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40508&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40508&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40508&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40508&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40508&r=mysqlcfg