Bug #53004 [NEW]: xml parser fails if newline befor the XML-Declaration

From: Operating system: Ubuntu 10.10 PHP version: 5.3.3 Package: *XML functions Bug Type: Bug Bug description:xml parser fails if newline befor the XML-Declaration Description: ------------ If there is a newline befor the XML-declaration, the parser fails. The w3.org only demand: "The document type declaration MUST appear before the first element in the document." Test script: --------------- <?php $data = '<?xml version="1.0"?><foo>bar</foo>'; function test($data) { print "try to parse: '" . htmlentities($data) . "'<br>\n"; $parser = xml_parser_create(); if (!xml_parse($parser, $data)) { print "Error: " . xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($parser)) . "<br>"; print "Error in Line " . xml_get_current_line_number($parser) . " Column " . xml_get_current_column_number($parser) . "<hr>\n"; } else { print "works fine<hr>"; } } test($data); test("\n" . $data); Expected result: ---------------- I expect, that both test succeed. Actual result: -------------- Only the first test succeed, the second fails in Line 1 Column 21 "Reserved XML Name". -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53004&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53004&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53004&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53004&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53004&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53004&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53004&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53004&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53004&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53004&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53004&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53004&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53004&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53004&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53004&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53004&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53004&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53004&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53004&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53004&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53004&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53004&r=mysqlcfg