#26743 [NEW]: getElementByTagName doesn't work properly

From: olivier dot bichler at laposte dot net Operating system: Windows XP (with SP1) PHP version: 5.0.0b2 (beta2) PHP Bug Type: *XML functions Bug description: getElementByTagName doesn't work properly Description: ------------ The DOM function "getElementByTagName" doesn't work properly when it's call from an element. The W3C specification say "Returns a NodeList of all DESCENDANT Elements with a given tag name, in the order in which they are encountered in a preorder traversal of this Element tree." But getElementByTagName return ALL elements encountered after the current element and not only the descendant elements in the tree... Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $xml = '<?xml version="1.0"?> <config><section id="section1"> <param name="param1">value1</param> <param name="param2">value2</param> </section> <section id="section2"> <param name="param3">value3</param> </section> </config>'; $dom = new DomDocument; $dom -> loadXML($xml); $params = $dom -> documentElement -> firstChild -> getElementsByTagName('param'); foreach ($params as $param) { echo $param -> getAttribute('name').'<br />'; } ?> Expected result: ---------------- param1 param2 (according with the W3C specifications) Actual result: -------------- param1 param2 param3 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=26743&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26743&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26743&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26743&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26743&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26743&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26743&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26743&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26743&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26743&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26743&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26743&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26743&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26743&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26743&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26743&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26743&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26743&r=float