Bug #73057 [NEW]: Casting a SimpleXMLElement to an array does exhibit differing behavior

From: brian dot mcclure at adition dot com Operating system: Ubuntu 16.04 PHP version: Irrelevant Package: SimpleXML related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Casting a SimpleXMLElement to an array does exhibit differing behavior Description: ------------ According to 5.4 changenotes, http://php.net/manual/en/migration54.other.php there is some sort of behavior change to be expected when casting a SimnpleXMLElement to an array. But unless I'm misunderstanding what the docs mean, the bahavior is consistent all the way from 5.1 to 7.1 https://3v4l.org/F4DfI If this is not a bug, would someone mind providing an example of the before and after behavior? Test script: --------------- <?php $xml = "<xml><first-node>foo</first-node><second-node><nested-node>bar</nested-node></second-node><third-node>baz</third-node></xml>"; $a = new SimpleXMLElement($xml); var_export((array)$a); -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73057&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73057&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73057&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73057&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73057&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73057&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73057&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73057&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73057&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73057&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73057&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73057&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73057&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73057&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73057&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73057&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73057&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73057&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73057&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73057&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73057&r=mysqlcfg