#42289 [NEW]: relative paths incorrectly returning no match

From: cpriest at warpmail dot net Operating system: Windows & Linux PHP version: 5.2.4RC1 PHP Bug Type: SimpleXML related Bug description: relative paths incorrectly returning no match Description: ------------ Non-absolute paths using ->xpath() do not match appropriately. With the given example, changing the xpath to '/postresponse/status/@accept' correctly returns "no" Reproduce code: --------------- <? $ResponseBody = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><postresponse><status accept="no">INVALID</status></postresponse>'; $objXML = new SimpleXMLElement($ResponseBody); $tMatches = $objXML->xpath('postresponse/status/@accept'); print_r((string)$tMatches[0]); ?> Expected result: ---------------- "no" Actual result: -------------- xpath() returns no results -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42289&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42289&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42289&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42289&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42289&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42289&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42289&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42289&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42289&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42289&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42289&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42289&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42289&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42289&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42289&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42289&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42289&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42289&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42289&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42289&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42289&r=mysqlcfg