Bug #69491 [Com]: simplexml doesn't correctly parse empty nodes on same line as another node

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69491&edit=1 ID: 69491 Comment by: ray dot ward at bigcommerce dot com Reported by: ray dot ward at bigcommerce dot com Summary: simplexml doesn't correctly parse empty nodes on same line as another node Status: Verified Type: Bug Package: SimpleXML related Operating System: Debian PHP Version: 5.6.8 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: The issue looks like it can be generalised to just problems with whitespace parsing, rather than lines. broken: http://3v4l.org/66O5Y working: http://3v4l.org/C0JVE Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-04-24 01:15:29] cmb@php.net Compare <http://3v4l.org/7aTML> vs. <http://3v4l.org/vFdbY>. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-04-21 02:33:28] ray dot ward at bigcommerce dot com Description: ------------ This is very similar to https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66084 When an empty node is within another node on the same line of a multi-line xml file, the empty node name gets parsed as an integer. If the empty node gets moved to its own line, then it gets parsed correctly. This previously worked in PHP 5.3, now fails in 5.4, 5.5 and 5.6. Test script: --------------- FAILS: var_dump(simplexml_load_string('<a> <b><c/></b> </a>')); WORKS: var_dump(simplexml_load_string('<a> <b> <c/> </b> </a>')); Expected result: ---------------- object(SimpleXMLElement)#1 (1) { ["b"]=> object(SimpleXMLElement)#3 (1) { ["c"]=> object(SimpleXMLElement)#2 (0) { } } } Actual result: -------------- object(SimpleXMLElement)#1 (1) { ["b"]=> object(SimpleXMLElement)#3 (1) { [0]=> object(SimpleXMLElement)#2 (0) { } } } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69491&edit=1