#34997 [WFx]: nodeValue is set when should be null

ID: 34997 User updated by: php dot net at punk dot co dot nz Reported By: php dot net at punk dot co dot nz Status: Wont fix Bug Type: DOM XML related Operating System: Windows XP PHP Version: 5.0.5 New Comment: Does this impact memory usage and performance on large documents? As it appears to duplicate a lot of data. From what I can tell this is not an extension, more a violation of the spec. The spec indicates it should be null, not undefined and open to interpretation. IMHO it should be changed to reflect the spec and set to null, or if some people do use it, then maybe made an optional setting? And, if doing that, it might be more useful if it didn't concat all the descendant text nodes into the parent, but just contained only the content from any attached text/CDATA nodes. (Actually then I'd find it useful.) /2c Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-10-27 01:10:44] rrichards@php.net This was done intentionally and as an extension to the DOM specs. Provides quick access to Element content and is read-only for DOMElement. This is the only node type that this exception was made for. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-10-27 00:39:22] tony2001@php.net Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php5-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5-win32-latest.zip ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-10-27 00:37:58] php dot net at punk dot co dot nz Description: ------------ The nodeValue attribute appears to be set to the concatenation of the contents of all child text nodes. As far as I understand according to the specification (p36, DOM2-Core.pdf, w3.org) the nodeValue should be set to NULL for Element node types (and many other node types). This may be a problem for other node types as well. Reproduce code: --------------- http://www.punk.co.nz/php.net/nodeValue-test.zip Includes a sample xml file and output.txt. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34997&edit=1