#49942 [NEW]: SimpleXML can't change value of reference

From: gf at glbasic dot com Operating system: Debian PHP version: 5.2.11 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: SimpleXML can't change value of reference Description: ------------ If you have a reference to an SimpleXML subtree item, you cannot change the value of that. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $xml = new SimpleXMLElement("<?xml version='1.0'?>\n" ."<chunk>\n" ."<item id='1'>one</item>\n" ."<item id='2'>two</item>\n" ."</chunk>\n" ); function test(& $xentry) { $xentry['id'] = 22; // set id=2 to id=22, works fine $xentry = 'TWENTYTWO'; // !!! this line is ignored !!! } $xml->item[0] = 'ELEVEN'; // works $xml->item[0]['id']=11; // works echo str_replace("\n", "<br>", htmlspecialchars($xml->asXML()))."<br>"; // OK, fine // try the same with a reference -> does not work test($xml->item[1]); echo "<h3>After replacement:</h2>"; echo str_replace("\n", "<br>", htmlspecialchars($xml->asXML())); // error - $xentry is not an object ?> Expected result: ---------------- ... <item id="2">two</item> After replacement: ... <item id="22">TWENTYTWO</item> Actual result: -------------- ... <item id="2">two</item> After replacement: ... <item id="22">two</item> -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49942&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49942&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49942&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49942&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49942&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49942&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49942&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49942&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49942&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49942&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49942&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49942&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49942&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49942&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49942&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49942&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49942&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49942&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49942&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49942&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49942&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49942&r=mysqlcfg