Bug #77890 [NEW]: DOMDocument XML formatting (formatOutput) doesn't seem to work

From: phpbugreport at mailinator dot com Operating system: Windows PHP version: 7.3.4 Package: XML Writer Bug Type: Bug Bug description:DOMDocument XML formatting (formatOutput) doesn't seem to work Description: ------------ Hi, the formatOutput property of DOMDocument class doesn't seem to work. Tested PHP builds: PHP 7.3.2 (cli) (built: Feb 5 2019 23:14:21) ( NTS MSVC15 (Visual C++ 2017) x86) PHP 7.3.4 (cli) (built: Apr 2 2019 22:13:15) ( NTS MSVC15 (Visual C++ 2017) x86) Test script: --------------- File to process (in.xml): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <root> <a> <b> <c/> </b> </a> </root> <?php $dom = new DOMDocument; $dom->load('in.xml'); $dom->formatOutput = true; $dom->save("out.xml"); exit(); ?> Expected result: ---------------- I expect something like this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <root> <a> <b> <c /> </b> </a> </root> Actual result: -------------- The output is the same as the input <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <root> <a> <b> <c/> </b> </a> </root> -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77890&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77890&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77890&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77890&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77890&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77890&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77890&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77890&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77890&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77890&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77890&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77890&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77890&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77890&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77890&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77890&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77890&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77890&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77890&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77890&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77890&r=mysqlcfg