#43260 [NEW]: DOM doesn't produce valid XHTML.

From: dhopkins at mutinydesign dot co dot uk Operating system: Ubuntu Server PHP version: 5.2CVS-2007-11-12 (snap) PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: DOM doesn't produce valid XHTML. Description: ------------ This issue is similar to a similar one posted earlier ( http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=31130 ). Basically, I want to use the DOM functions to return valid XHTML - with trailing slashes - but the saveHTML method returns HTML 4.0 loose. As was pointed out in the above post, you can just use the saveXML method to return valid XHTML. However, there is a big problem with this. If you have a XHTML document that starts with the xml decleration <?xml?>, Internet Explorer 6 doesn't read the HTML DTD. The result of which is a skewed document, various CSS attributes are not supported etc. You are basically trying to display a HTML document with an XML doctype. Currently, I am just trimming the xml decleration off the document, which I am sure you can appreciate is not a very good solution, but its the only option. Is it possible to add a feature that will return XML without the XML decleration? Or is this really something I need to take up with LibXML? There are quite a few people moaning about this issue, but so far no solutions has been provided. Reproduce code: --------------- $doc = new DomDocument(); $input = $doc->createElement('input'); $input->setAttribute('type', 'checkbox'); $input->setAttribute('checked', 'checked'); $doc->appendChild($input); echo $doc->saveXML(); Expected result: ---------------- <input type="checkbox" checked="checked" /> Actual result: -------------- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?> <input type="checkbox" checked /> -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43260&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43260&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43260&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43260&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43260&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43260&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43260&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43260&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43260&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43260&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43260&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43260&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43260&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43260&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43260&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43260&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43260&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43260&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43260&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43260&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43260&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43260&r=mysqlcfg