Bug #52553 [NEW]: the result is different between php versions

From: Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: SimpleXML related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:the result is different between php versions Description: ------------ the result of test script below is different between php version 5.1.6 and version 5.3.2. Test script: --------------- <?php var_dump(phpversion()); $foo1 = new SimpleXMLElement('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><root />'); $foo1->addChild("x", htmlspecialchars("<test />")); $foo2 = new SimpleXMLElement('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><root><x /></root>'); $foo2->x = htmlspecialchars("<test />"); var_dump($foo1->x); var_dump($foo2->x); var_dump($foo1->asXML() === $foo2->asXML()); ?> Expected result: ---------------- string(5) "5.1.6" object(SimpleXMLElement)#3 (1) { [0]=> string(8) "<test />" } object(SimpleXMLElement)#3 (1) { [0]=> string(8) "<test />" } bool(true) Actual result: -------------- string(5) "5.3.2" object(SimpleXMLElement)#3 (1) { [0]=> string(8) "<test />" } object(SimpleXMLElement)#3 (1) { [0]=> string(14) "&lt;test /&gt;" } bool(false) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52553&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52553&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52553&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52553&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52553&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52553&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52553&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52553&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52553&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52553&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52553&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52553&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52553&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52553&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52553&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52553&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52553&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52553&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52553&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52553&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52553&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52553&r=mysqlcfg