Bug #62203 [Com]: xpath doesn't return tag values

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62203&edit=1 ID: 62203 Comment by: schalk at unf dot edu Reported by: phpdev at mailmetrash dot com Summary: xpath doesn't return tag values Status: Open Type: Bug Package: SimpleXML related PHP Version: 5.4.3 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I just checked and this is not fixed in 5.5.0alpha4 either! Do I really have to go back to 5.3? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-02-16 21:37:41] schalk at unf dot edu When is this going to be fixed. I have reproduced it in 5.4.11 and it is kind of a major bug that has caused me a significant amount of wasted debug time. Stuart ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-06-01 07:43:32] phpdev at mailmetrash dot com Description: ------------ In PHP 5.4 xpath() returns SimpleXMLObjects which casted to array give empty arrays. If tags have text values they aren't present in object like in PHP 5.3. Test script: --------------- $xml = simplexml_load_string(' <person> <profile> <name>PHP developer</name> </profile> </person>'); // get all names $xml = $xml->xpath('/person/profile/name'); // get first result $xml = reset($xml); // show result print_r($xml); Expected result: ---------------- In PHP 5.3 the (expected) result is SimpleXMLElement Object ( [0] => PHP developer ) Casting this to an array will result: array(0 => 'PHP developer') which is ok. Actual result: -------------- In PHP 5.4 the result is SimpleXMLElement Object ( ) If we cast this to an array will result an empty array, but we expected text values. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62203&edit=1