#44458 [Opn->Bgs]: Ampersand sign in SimpleXMLElement->addChild() causes incomplete XML

ID: 44458 Updated by: rrichards@php.net Reported By: sergej at halogen-dg dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: SimpleXML related Operating System: FreeBSD, Linux PHP Version: 5.2.5 New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php & must be escaped Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-03-17 19:29:53] sergej at halogen-dg dot com Description: ------------ SimpleXMLElement->addChild() causes warning message and produces incomplete XML in case when the second argument contains ampersand sign '&'. Text after ampersand is absent in output XML. In the same time escaping of other XML special symbols in tag body works OK. Also all XML special symbols in tag attributes are escaped OK. Reproduce code: --------------- <? $sxml=new SimpleXMLElement('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><test></test>'); // Quotes $sitem=$sxml->addChild('tag',"'"); $sitem->addAttribute('attr',"'"); $sitem=$sxml->addChild('tag','"'); $sitem->addAttribute('attr','"'); // Brackets $sitem=$sxml->addChild('tag','<'); $sitem->addAttribute('attr','<'); $sitem=$sxml->addChild('tag','>'); $sitem->addAttribute('attr','>'); // Ampersand $sitem=$sxml->addChild('tag','Smith & Wesson'); $sitem->addAttribute('attr','Smith & Wesson'); // Result XML print($sxml->asXML()); ?> Expected result: ---------------- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <test><tag attr="'">'</tag><tag attr="&quot;">"</tag><tag attr="&lt;">&lt;</tag><tag attr="&gt;">&gt;</tag><tag attr="Smith &amp; Wesson">Smith &amp; Wesson</tag></test> Actual result: -------------- PHP Warning: SimpleXMLElement::addChild(): unterminated entity reference Wesson in xml.php on line 14 Warning: SimpleXMLElement::addChild(): unterminated entity reference Wesson in xml.php on line 14 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <test><tag attr="'">'</tag><tag attr="&quot;">"</tag><tag attr="&lt;">&lt;</tag><tag attr="&gt;">&gt;</tag><tag attr="Smith &amp; Wesson">Smith </tag></test> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=44458&edit=1