Bug #51235 [NEW]: getElementsByTagName always return an empty list

From: Operating system: PHP version: 5.3.2 Package: DOM XML related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:getElementsByTagName always return an empty list Description: ------------ $document = new DOMDocument()->load(...); $document->getElementsByTagName(<root element name>) works (returns list with one element). getElementsByTagName(<non root element name>) always return an empty list. Examples on notes and on the web (some examples claimed to be working are prior the 5.3.2) are all not working. Tested on LAMP server PHP 5.2.8 AND on XAMPPLite WAMP PHP 5.3.1, both not working. Test script: --------------- $doc = new DOMDocument(); $doc->load('__xml/faq.xml'); $faqs = $doc->getElementsByTagName("faq"); echo $faqs->length; // always 0 __xml/faq.xml is: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <faqs> <faq> <domanda>domanda1</domanda> <risposta>risposta1</risposta> </faq> <faq> <domanda>domanda2</domanda> <risposta>risposta2</risposta> </faq> <faq> <domanda>domanda3</domanda> <risposta>risposta3</risposta> </faq> </faqs> -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51235&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51235&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51235&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51235&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51235&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51235&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51235&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51235&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51235&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51235&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51235&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51235&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51235&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51235&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51235&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51235&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51235&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51235&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51235&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51235&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51235&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51235&r=mysqlcfg