#49437 [Opn->Csd]: Can't disable LIBXML_NOENT option

ID: 49437 User updated by: matt at matthewfagan dot com Reported By: matt at matthewfagan dot com -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: SimpleXML related Operating System: ALL PHP Version: 5.2.10 New Comment: Scratch this. It seems to be a bug in the underlying libxml (they don't treat the predefined entities as entities), which also means that all the PHP functions based on libxml have the same problem. Still, it might be nice to add a comment to the documentation that the LIBXML_NOENT option does not apply to built-in XML entities, only to DTD-defined entities. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-09-02 05:30:07] matt at matthewfagan dot com Description: ------------ One of the options to simplexml_load_string is LIBXML_NOENT. This option cannot be turned off. Reproduce code: --------------- The prototype for the simplexml_load_string function is: object simplexml_load_string ( string $data [, string $class_name="SimpleXMLElement" [, int $options=0 [, string $ns [, bool $is_prefix=false ]]]] ) Note the "$options=0". However, it actually behaves like "$options=LIBXML_NOENT". There is no way to disable this behavior. Explicitly specifying 0 does not turn off LIBXML_NOENT. Code to reproduce: echo simplexml_load_string("<data>&amp;</data>", "SimpleXMLElement", 0); Expected result: ---------------- This should return "&amp;", because I have explicity turned off the LIBXML_NOENT option. However, "&amp;" is converted to "&" by libxml regardless of the specified options. It's as if the underlying C code is calling: libxml->load_string(data, classname, options | LIBXML_NOENT); (Note: not the real function names...) Actual result: -------------- Resolution: There would seem to be two resolutions. Either: a) Change the prototype so that the default value of $options is LIBXML_NOENT, allowing this to be overridden by specifying the options. OR b) Create a special LIBXML flag especially for PHP, such as LIBXML_KEEPENT that negates the LIBXML_NOENT flag. Note: This is not an important bug for me, because I will just ditch using SimpleXML and find another way, but I think it should still be on the books as a bug. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49437&edit=1