#48078 [Opn->Bgs]: SimpleXML allows white spaces as attribute names

ID: 48078 Updated by: iliaa@php.net Reported By: ifeghali@php.net -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: SimpleXML related Operating System: Mac OS X PHP Version: 5.3.0RC1 New Comment: Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. Due to the volume of reports we can not explain in detail here why your report is not a bug. The support channels will be able to provide an explanation for you. Thank you for your interest in PHP. I think its more along the lines of a libxml2 bug then PHP's since attribute creation is done by simply calling the libxml API. PHP cannot perform validation on XML. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-04-26 12:18:27] ifeghali@php.net 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 this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=48078&edit=1