Bug #68946 [Ver->Opn]: simplexml_load_string() result depends on formatting of xml string
Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68946&edit=1
ID: 68946
Updated by: cmb@php.net
Reported by: danielhintermann at yahoo dot de
Summary: simplexml_load_string() result depends on formatting
of xml string
-Status: Verified
+Status: Open
Type: Bug
Package: SimpleXML related
Operating System: Windows
PHP Version: 5.6.5
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
After further investigation I found that this issue is neither
related to bug #62693, bug #66084 nor bug #61335. Actually, the
different behavior is caused by PHP 5 converting the
SimpleXMLElement object to string, but PHP 7 is converting to
bool.
According to the comments above, this issue might not qualify as
bug for PHP 5.
Previous Comments:
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[2015-05-26 20:25:47] cmb@php.net
Confirmed: <http://3v4l.org/c8RMA>. (Already fixed in
master.)
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[2015-05-26 19:28:24] cmb@php.net
Related To: Bug #61335
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[2015-05-26 19:06:17] cmb@php.net
Related To: Bug #66084
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[2015-05-26 12:16:43] cmb@php.net
Related To: Bug #62639
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[2015-01-29 20:21:02] cmbecker69 at gmx dot de
I have to correct myself. According to the PHP language
specification[1], comparing an object and a boolean for equality
causes the object to be converted to boolean. Apparently, this is
not documented in the PHP manual. Anyhow, conversion to boolean is
documented in the PHP manual[2], and all (PHP 5) objects are
converted to true, except "SimpleXML objects created from empty
tags". Unfortunately, this description is confusing, at best.
[1] <https://github.com/php/php-langspec>
[2] <http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.boolean.php#language.types.boolean.casting>
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