#40529 [NEW]: invalid SimpleXMLElement forces HTTP 200 header

From: PK at eBrain dot nl Operating system: Fedore Core 3 PHP version: 5.2.1 PHP Bug Type: SimpleXML related Bug description: invalid SimpleXMLElement forces HTTP 200 header Description: ------------ When SimpleXMLElement in run on something invalid or empty, the HTTP status code is forced to 200 and can not be influenced later on. Either this is a bug or expected behavior - in the last case, it should be: documented on http://nl2.php.net/simplexml/ + explained how to work around it. Note: my actual PHP version is: 5.0.4 Reproduce code: --------------- Note: php://input is empty (i.e. a direct request to the page). $PostXML = new SimpleXMLElement('php://input'); if (empty($PostXML)) { header('HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request'); } else { header('HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted'); } Expected result: ---------------- HTTP Status Code: HTTP/1.1 400 Actual result: -------------- HTTP Status Code: HTTP/1.1 200 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=40529&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40529&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40529&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40529&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40529&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40529&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40529&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40529&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40529&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40529&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40529&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40529&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40529&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40529&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40529&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40529&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40529&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40529&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40529&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40529&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40529&r=mysqlcfg