#45824 [Opn->Bgs]: loadXML moves entity references from attribute value to before element

ID: 45824 Updated by: chregu@php.net Reported By: marc at mongenet dot ch -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: DOM XML related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.2.6 New Comment: You should read the warning, it produces: Warning: DOMDocument::loadXML(): Entity 'eacute' not defined in Entity, line: 2 in /Users/chregu/tmp/foo.php on line 6 eacute is not a entity which is defined by default (there are only 5 of them) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-08-14 17:59:11] marc at mongenet dot ch 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 this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45824&edit=1