#45996 [NEW]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()

From: phpbugs at colin dot guthr dot ie Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:29:22 +0000

Subject: #45996 [NEW]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()

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From:             phpbugs at colin dot guthr dot ie
Operating system: Mandriva Linux
PHP version:      5.2.6
PHP Bug Type:     *XML functions
Bug description:  libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()

Description:
------------
With libxml2 2.7.1, When using the expat type xml parsing routines in PHP,
the characater data seems to silently drop any encoded text e.g. &gt; &lt;
and friends.

Please see Mandriva bug for details:
https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=43486

And also please note the thread on the libxml mailing list:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnome.lib.xml.general/14610

And most notably the reply to the above thread:
<quote>
Can you report this as a PHP bug? It looks like some really old hack 
code in the PHP extension in order to mimic some specific expat 
functionality. The behavior change you see though resulting from a code
changes in libxml2 is really due to the hackish code in the extension doing
things it wasnt meant to be doing.
</quote>

Reproduce code:
---------------
Please see this code:
https://qa.mandriva.com/attachment.cgi?id=10757

Expected result:
----------------
<
foo
>
wibble
<
/foo
>


Actual result:
--------------
foo
wibble
/foo


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Thread (54 messages)

phpbugs at colin dot guthr dot ieThu, 04 Sep 2008 17:29:22 +0000
rrichards@php.netFri, 05 Sep 2008 00:21:38 +0000#45996 [Opn]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
jani@php.netSat, 06 Sep 2008 15:43:29 +0000#45996 [Opn->Asn]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
phpbugs at colin dot guthr dot ieTue, 09 Sep 2008 23:06:01 +0000#45996 [Asn]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
ptn at post dot czTue, 07 Oct 2008 11:19:34 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
uraes at hot dot eeWed, 08 Oct 2008 09:18:54 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
phpbugs at colin dot guthr dot ieWed, 08 Oct 2008 09:50:16 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
mike at kogan dot orgWed, 15 Oct 2008 00:04:02 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
phpbugs at colin dot guthr dot ieWed, 15 Oct 2008 09:02:56 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
mike at Kogan dot orgThu, 16 Oct 2008 02:01:02 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
mike at kogan dot orgThu, 16 Oct 2008 14:56:03 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
jorton@php.netFri, 17 Oct 2008 13:40:28 +0000#45996 [Asn]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
rrichards@php.netFri, 17 Oct 2008 14:08:57 +0000#45996 [Asn]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
markus dot gevers at contenit dot deWed, 22 Oct 2008 11:39:49 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
sanepit at o2 dot plFri, 24 Oct 2008 20:47:09 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
alykhanii at yahoo dot comSat, 25 Oct 2008 18:12:58 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
phpbugs at hm2k dot orgThu, 30 Oct 2008 18:19:16 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
sunil at truesparrow dot comFri, 31 Oct 2008 14:45:24 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
hjthring at lavabit dot comMon, 03 Nov 2008 23:16:49 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
rolysatch at hotmail dot comTue, 04 Nov 2008 20:35:18 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
rrichards@php.netTue, 04 Nov 2008 21:00:19 +0000#45996 [Asn]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
jorton@php.netWed, 05 Nov 2008 16:13:17 +0000#45996 [Asn]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
rrichards@php.netWed, 05 Nov 2008 16:30:37 +0000#45996 [Asn]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
rcasagraude at interfaces dot frThu, 20 Nov 2008 22:37:35 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
ajay12006 at gmail dot comFri, 21 Nov 2008 15:31:40 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
phpbugs at colin dot guthr dot ieFri, 21 Nov 2008 15:32:53 +0000#45996 [Asn]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
hoffie at gentoo dot orgWed, 03 Dec 2008 17:46:20 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
rolysatch at hotmail dot comSun, 07 Dec 2008 13:08:44 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
alykhanii at yahoo dot comSun, 14 Dec 2008 22:17:38 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
joshua at joshuascott dot netWed, 17 Dec 2008 00:09:53 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
scottmac@php.netWed, 17 Dec 2008 00:49:19 +0000#45996 [Asn]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
rrichards@php.netWed, 17 Dec 2008 00:56:14 +0000#45996 [Asn]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
valli at icsurselva dot chWed, 17 Dec 2008 15:18:50 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
gordon at kanazawa-gu dot ac dot jpThu, 25 Dec 2008 02:41:10 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
alex at magnet dot ruSun, 28 Dec 2008 03:55:04 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
phpbugs at colin dot guthr dot ieSun, 28 Dec 2008 13:37:13 +0000#45996 [Asn]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
jeffrey dot roberts at ibsgroup dot orgMon, 29 Dec 2008 17:02:47 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
mark at mcclusky dot comWed, 31 Dec 2008 00:56:59 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
phpbugs at colin dot guthr dot ieWed, 31 Dec 2008 13:37:17 +0000#45996 [Asn]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
hougiwro at guerrillamail dot orgWed, 31 Dec 2008 14:35:13 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
scottmac@php.netWed, 31 Dec 2008 15:22:17 +0000#45996 [Asn]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
alex at peoples dot ruThu, 01 Jan 2009 19:31:49 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
phpbugs at colin dot guthr dot ieThu, 01 Jan 2009 20:09:08 +0000#45996 [Asn]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
geoffers+phpbugs at gmail dot comFri, 02 Jan 2009 23:03:30 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
david+phpbugs at midrange dot comSat, 03 Jan 2009 04:03:55 +0000#45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
rrichards@php.netSun, 11 Jan 2009 12:06:01 +0000#45996 [Asn->Csd]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
nick dot phillips at otago dot ac dot nzSun, 18 Apr 2010 22:05:31 +0000Bug #45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
i_cypher at hotmail dot comWed, 07 Jul 2010 21:17:57 +0000Bug #45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
lwc at mailmetrash dot comTue, 04 Jan 2011 18:50:35 +0000Bug #45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
rrichards@php.netTue, 04 Jan 2011 19:04:33 +0000Bug #45996 [Csd]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
lwc at mailmetrash dot comTue, 04 Jan 2011 19:55:54 +0000Bug #45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
lwc at mailmetrash dot cmTue, 04 Jan 2011 20:54:53 +0000Bug #45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
rrichards@php.netTue, 04 Jan 2011 21:08:21 +0000Bug #45996 [Csd]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
david at moodle dot comThu, 24 Mar 2011 01:21:12 +0000Bug #45996 [Com]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()

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Subject:	#45996 [NEW]: libxml2 2.7.1 causes breakage with character data in xml_parse()
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