#43347 [NEW]: xml_parse() function is broken

From: pschmandra at hotmail dot com Operating system: Red Hat Linux Enterprise 5 PHP version: 5.2.5 PHP Bug Type: XML Reader Bug description: xml_parse() function is broken Description: ------------ After upgrading PHP5 the xml_parse() parser throws Warning: xml_parse() [function.xml-parse]: input conversion failed due to input error, bytes 0xA3 0xEE 0x7D 0x5F when parsing Chineese Traditional BBC News Feed. newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/chinese/trad/taiwan_hk/rss.xml. This function works perfectly using PHP4. Googling this error brings ~800 similar results. Reproduce code: --------------- if(!xml_parse($this->feedReader, $BBC_data)){ $this->in_error = true; $this->error_msg = sprintf("XML Error: %s at line %d", xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($this->feedReader)), xml_get_current_line_number($this->feedReader)); } Expected result: ---------------- Expect xml_parse() function to parse feed without crashing ala PHP4. Actual result: -------------- xml_parse() function crashes throwing Warning: xml_parse() [function.xml-parse]: input conversion failed due to input error, bytes 0xA3 0xEE 0x7D 0x5F -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43347&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43347&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43347&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43347&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43347&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43347&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43347&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43347&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43347&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43347&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43347&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43347&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43347&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43347&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43347&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43347&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43347&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43347&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43347&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43347&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43347&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43347&r=mysqlcfg