#46746 [NEW]: xmlrpc_decode_request outputs non-suppressable error when given bad data

From: pickscrape at gmail dot com Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.2.6 PHP Bug Type: Output Control Bug description: xmlrpc_decode_request outputs non-suppressable error when given bad data Description: ------------ When calling xmlrpc_decode_request with invalid XML data, the following error is output to STDERR: expat reports error code 4 description: Empty document line: 1 column: 1 byte index: 0 total bytes: 0 data beginning 0 before byte index: dfsdffsd There seems to be no way to turn it off: I want to be able to handler the error myself, and do not want the error message cluttering the output needlessly. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php x = ''; o = xmlrpc_decode_request('dfsdffsd', $x); ?> Expected result: ---------------- For there to be some way to turn this error message off, or have it redirected to a variable or accessible via some library call. Actual result: -------------- expat reports error code 4 description: Empty document line: 1 column: 1 byte index: 0 total bytes: 0 data beginning 0 before byte index: dfsdffsd -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=46746&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46746&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46746&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46746&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46746&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46746&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46746&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46746&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46746&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46746&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46746&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46746&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46746&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46746&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46746&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46746&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46746&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46746&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46746&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46746&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46746&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46746&r=mysqlcfg