#45824 [NEW]: loadXML moves entity references from attribute value to before element

From: marc at mongenet dot ch Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.2.6 PHP Bug Type: DOM XML related Bug description: loadXML moves entity references from attribute value to before element Description: ------------ When an attribute value contains an entity reference (like a="&eacute;"), loadXML() moves this entity out of the attribute, just before the owner element. Reproduce code: --------------- $doc = new DOMDocument(); $xml = '<!DOCTYPE e PUBLIC "1" "2">'."\n". # DOCTYPE just to appear well-formed '<e><e a="&eacute;"/></e>'."\n"; $doc->loadXML($xml); echo '<pre>', htmlspecialchars($doc->saveXML()), '</pre>'; Expected result: ---------------- <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE e PUBLIC "1" "2"> <e><e a="&eacute;"/></e> Actual result: -------------- <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE e PUBLIC "1" "2"> <e>&eacute;<e a=""/></e> -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45824&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45824&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45824&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45824&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45824&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45824&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45824&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45824&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45824&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45824&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45824&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45824&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45824&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45824&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45824&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45824&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45824&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45824&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45824&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45824&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45824&r=mysqlcfg