Bug #77890 [Opn->Csd]: DOMDocument XML formatting (formatOutput) doesn't seem to work

From: Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 19:31:35 +0000
Subject: Bug #77890 [Opn->Csd]: DOMDocument XML formatting (formatOutput) doesn't seem to work
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Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77890&edit=1 ID: 77890 User updated by: phpbugreport at mailinator dot com Reported by: phpbugreport at mailinator dot com Summary: DOMDocument XML formatting (formatOutput) doesn't seem to work -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Bug Package: XML Writer Operating System: Windows PHP Version: 7.3.4 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Thank you, luxian. This should be added to the documentation. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-04-15 08:17:26] luxian dot m at gmail dot com In the comments section of DOMDocument there are people saying that you need to set 'preserveWhitespaces' to 'false' and 'formatOutput' before you load the file This works: <?php $dom = new DOMDocument; $dom->preserveWhiteSpace = false; $dom->formatOutput = true; $dom->load('in.xml'); ?> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-04-14 09:52:44] phpbugreport at mailinator dot com 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 this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77890&edit=1

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