#43778 [NEW]: SimpleXML regression regarding empty() in 5.2.4

From: jdolecek at netBSD dot org Operating system: Windows 2000 PHP version: 5.2.5 PHP Bug Type: SimpleXML related Bug description: SimpleXML regression regarding empty() in 5.2.4 Description: ------------ It seems empty() on simplexml 'array' elements doesn't work same way in 5.2.5 as in 5.2.3. In 5.2.5, empty() returns true even through the elements are actually present. Same code run under 5.2.3 works correctly, i.e. returning true only if the element is not present. Workaround is replace (!empty(...)) condition with isset() and test for count(), but this is inconvenient and breaks backwards compatibility. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $str = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="WINDOWS-1250" ?> <config> <items> <item command="overview"/> <item command="deals"/> <item command="regions"/> <item command="estimations"/> <item command="reports"/> <item command="import"/> </items> </config> '; $xml = simplexml_load_string($str); echo (empty($xml->items->item) ? "EMPTY" : "full")."\n"; echo count($xml->items->item) ."\n"; Expected result: ---------------- full 6 Actual result: -------------- EMPTY 6 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43778&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43778&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43778&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43778&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43778&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43778&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43778&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43778&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43778&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43778&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43778&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43778&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43778&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43778&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43778&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43778&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43778&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43778&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43778&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43778&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43778&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43778&r=mysqlcfg