Bug #70522 [NEW]: simple_xml throws error if BOM present

From: jr at virtualcreations dot de Operating system: all PHP version: 5.6.13 Package: SimpleXML related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:simple_xml throws error if BOM present Description: ------------ simple_xml_string etc. throws a strange tag-error, if a BOM is present. 1. Either it should remove any BOM first, like with the following code: // remove BOM $bom = pack('H*', 'EFBBBF'); $xmlData = preg_replace("/^$bom/", '', $xmlData); 2. Or a correct error that BOM is not supported, should be thrown. Test script: --------------- Any $xmlData saved with UTF8 BOM: $xml = simplexml_load_string($xmlData); Expected result: ---------------- Should work with BOM or throw an correct error Actual result: -------------- It errors with wrong error message -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70522&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70522&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70522&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70522&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70522&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70522&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70522&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70522&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70522&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70522&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70522&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70522&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70522&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70522&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70522&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70522&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70522&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70522&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70522&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70522&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70522&r=mysqlcfg