#48078 [NEW]: SimpleXML allows white spaces as attribute names

From: ifeghali@php.net Operating system: Mac OS X PHP version: 5.3.0RC1 PHP Bug Type: SimpleXML related Bug description: SimpleXML allows white spaces as attribute names Description: ------------ SimpleXML allows the creation of attributes containing white spaces in the name. This violates the XML specs [1]. * reported by Thiago Toledo during PHP Test Fest 2009 (Rio UG). [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xml11-20060816/#NT-NameChar Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $xmlExample = "<?xml version='1.0' standalone='yes'?><allNodes></allNodes>"; $myXML = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlExample); $myXML->addAttribute('Basic Attribute','Basic Attribute Content'); echo $myXML->asXML(); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Warning: Wrong character for XML attribute name Actual result: -------------- <?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?> <allNodes Basic Attribute="Basic Attribute Content"/> -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=48078&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48078&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48078&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48078&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48078&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48078&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48078&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48078&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48078&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48078&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48078&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48078&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48078&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48078&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48078&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48078&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48078&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48078&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48078&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48078&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48078&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48078&r=mysqlcfg