Bug #61597 [Opn->Fbk]: SimpleXML drops attributes for tags with both attributes and text

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61597&edit=1 ID: 61597 Updated by: aharvey@php.net Reported by: drgroove at gmail dot com Summary: SimpleXML drops attributes for tags with both attributes and text -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Type: Bug Package: SimpleXML related Operating System: Mac OS X PHP Version: 5.3.10 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I can't reproduce this: <?php $xml = <<<'EOX' <?xml version="1.0"?> <parent> <child attr="foo">text content</child> </parent> EOX; $doc = simplexml_load_string($xml); printf("Text content: %s; attribute: %s\n", $doc->child, $doc->child['attr']); ?> Outputs "Text content: text content; attribute: foo", as I'd expect. Are you able to provide a reproduction script? The SO discussion appears to be about JSON encoding only; given that SimpleXMLElement doesn't support serialisation, I'd suggest that the same would apply to JSON encoding. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-04-02 03:37:26] drgroove at gmail dot com Description: ------------ When loading XML into SimpleXML, tags which have both attributes and text will have their attributes dropped. For example, loading this into SimpleXML: <sometag attribute="value">Here is some text</sometag> Will cause 'attribute="value"' to be lost. If there is no text w/in a tag, but attributes, the attributes and their values are preserved. I'm not the only PHP developer to notice this bug; please see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8563073/disappearing-attributes-in-php-simplexml-object I didn't see this bug reported on php.net, however. Test script: --------------- See above. Expected result: ---------------- Tags with both attributes and text should not have their attributes dropped. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61597&edit=1