#33986 [NEW]: Using $simpleXMLElement->node as string cause bug

From: kulev dot vladimir at gmail dot com Operating system: Gentoo Linux PHP version: 5.1.0b3 PHP Bug Type: SimpleXML related Bug description: Using $simpleXMLElement->node as string cause bug Description: ------------ Maybe it's ok, because $root->node is not a string, but object. But then PHP must return error when trying to do so, I think. Reproduce code: --------------- <? $xml = "<root><node>data</node></root>"; $root = simplexml_load_string($xml); $str = $root->node; echo "'" . $str . "'<br/>\n"; echo "'" . $str{0} . "'<br/>\n"; echo "'" . $str{1} . "'<br/>\n"; $str = strval($root->node); echo "'" . $str . "'<br/>\n"; echo "'" . $str{0} . "'<br/>\n"; echo "'" . $str{1} . "'<br/>\n"; ?> Expected result: ---------------- 'data' 'd' 'a' 'data' 'd' 'a' Actual result: -------------- 'data' 'data' '' 'data' 'd' 'a' -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=33986&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33986&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33986&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33986&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33986&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33986&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33986&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33986&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33986&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33986&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33986&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33986&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33986&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33986&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33986&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33986&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33986&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33986&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33986&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33986&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33986&r=mysqlcfg