#28339 [NEW]: simplexml_load_string chokes on " "

From: cwood at austin dot rr dot com Operating system: Mac OS X 10.2.8 PHP version: 5.0.0RC2 PHP Bug Type: SimpleXML related Bug description: simplexml_load_string chokes on "&nbsp;" Description: ------------ When trying to load a string containing an HTML-encoded non-breaking space ("&nbsp;") with simplexml_load_string, I get the following warning: Warning: Entity: line 14: error: Entity 'nbsp' not defined in /Library/WebServer/Documents/simple.php on line 11 But other HTML-escaped characters like &gt; and &lt; make it through fine. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $xmlstr = <<<XML <?xml version='1.0'?> <rss> <channel> <item> <title>This is the title</title> <link>http://globelogger.com</link> <description>This&nbsp;is the description</description> </item> </channel> </rss> XML; $xml = simplexml_load_string(utf8_encode($xmlstr)); foreach($xml->channel->item as $item) { echo "<b><a href=".$item->link.">".$item->title."</a></b><br>".$item->description."<p>"; } ?> Expected result: ---------------- <b><a href=http://globelogger.com>This is the title</ a></b><br>This is the description<p> Actual result: -------------- Warning: Entity: line 7: error: Entity 'nbsp' not defined in /Library/WebServer/Documents/test.php on line 15 Warning: This is the description in /Library/ WebServer/Documents/test.php on line 15 Warning: ^ in /Library/ WebServer/Documents/test.php on line 15 Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in / Library/WebServer/Documents/test.php on line 16 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=28339&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28339&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28339&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28339&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28339&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28339&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28339&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28339&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28339&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28339&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28339&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28339&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28339&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28339&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28339&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28339&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28339&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28339&r=float