Bug #46672 [Ver->Asn]: Cloned SimpleXML Output Different

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=46672&edit=1 ID: 46672 Updated by: mike@php.net Reported by: rfludwick at gmail dot com Summary: Cloned SimpleXML Output Different -Status: Verified +Status: Assigned Type: Bug Package: SimpleXML related Operating System: * PHP Version: 5.*, 6CVS (2009-04-01) -Assigned To: +Assigned To: rrichards New Comment: Rob, could you have a look at this tiny patch? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-04-05 03:51:11] compuart dot php at gmail dot com The issue appears to be the cloned node doesn't have a document pointer as its ultimate parent. Attached patch should fix that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-12-30 14:49:29] rfludwick at gmail dot com I got the same result when using the snapshot, as well as version 5.2.8. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-11-25 23:35:36] rfludwick at gmail dot com Description: ------------ It appears that cloning a SimpleXML object will not produce the same XML output on asXML() as the original object. The original will output the XML header and a line break after the XML while the cloned object is missing these. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $simplexml = new SimpleXMLElement("<root />"); $simplexml->path->to->node = "Zend"; $simplexml_2 = clone $simplexml; echo "|{$simplexml->asXML()}|\n|{$simplexml_2->asXML()}|"; Expected result: ---------------- |<?xml version="1.0"?> <root><path><to><node>Zend</node></to></path></root> | |<?xml version="1.0"?> <root><path><to><node>Zend</node></to></path></root> | Actual result: -------------- |<?xml version="1.0"?> <root><path><to><node>Zend</node></to></path></root> | |<root><path><to><node>Zend</node></to></path></root>| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=46672&edit=1