Doc #54735 [Asn->Ana]: xml_parse_into_struct gives uncomplete array

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54735&edit=1 ID: 54735 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: phpnet at phoen dot de Summary: xml_parse_into_struct gives uncomplete array -Status: Assigned +Status: Analyzed Type: Documentation Problem Package: *XML functions Operating System: Windows XPSP2 PHP Version: 5.3.6 -Assigned To: cmb +Assigned To: Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Setting the *input* encoding to 'ISO-8859-1' in xml_parser_create() is already ignored as of PHP 5.0.0[3], see <http://3v4l.org/eb2k1>. The input encoding is solely specified by the encoding attribute of the document's XML declaration (which defaults to UTF-8 if omitted), see <http://3v4l.org/tUDnV>. The $encoding parameter of xml_parser_create() specifies only the output encoding. The behavior when expat is used as back-end might be different. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-05-14 15:24:37] cmb@php.net Indeed, Peter, this is not a bug in the XML parser, but rather invalid characters have been passed in. That could have been detected by calling xml_error_string(). I agree that the docs need improvement, even though I'm not sure yet what is actually supported by the XML parser. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-04-26 20:32:24] peter dot e dot lind at gmail dot com Doesn't seem to be a bug on Linux (PHP 5.3.3-7+squeeze8 with Suhosin-Patch (cli)) - when I save the test-script in utf-8 the output is as expected. However, if I save it as ISO-8859-15, the xml parsing stops, as one would expect, when it hits the illegal character - an ISO-8859-15 € would be illegal in utf-8 and xml parsers must stop when they reach illegal content. The docs could be improved though, as http://dk.php.net/manual/en/function.xml- parser-create.php specifies that "The supported encodings are ISO-8859-1, UTF-8 and US-ASCII." but in the context it appears to only be the case for output. However, the behaviour suggests those three character sets also restrict input. Some comments in the php code also suggest that this is the case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-05-14 13:29:54] phpnet at phoen dot de Description: ------------ hi, configuration: Windows XP with XAMPP 1.7.3 (nothing special) xml_parse_into_struct returns an uncomplete array if there is an unexpected sign(maybe utf8). All after "€" in the array is missing. No error or messed up character shows up. It doesn't help to set any options. $myxml=utf8_encode($myxml); and afterwards can fix the problem surprisingly. thanks,H. Test script: --------------- <?php $myxml="<XML><FELD1>blubb</FELD1><FELD2>dies hier sonderzeichen €</FELD2><FELD3>feld3</FELD3></XML>"; $p = xml_parser_create(); xml_parse_into_struct($p, $myxml, $vals, $index); xml_parser_free($p); print_r($vals); php?> Expected result: ---------------- sth like this Array ( [0] => Array ( [tag] => XML [type] => open [level] => 1 [value] => ) [1] => Array ( [tag] => FELD1 [type] => complete [level] => 2 [value] => blubb ) [2] => Array ( [tag] => XML [value] => [type] => cdata [level] => 1 ) [3] => Array ( [tag] => FELD2 [type] => complete [level] => 2 [value] => dies hier sonderzeichen €) [3] => Array ( [tag] => XML [value] => [type] => cdata [level] => 1 ) [3] => Array ( [tag] => FELD3 [type] => complete[level] => 2 [value] => feld3)) Actual result: -------------- Array ( [0] => Array ( [tag] => XML [type] => open [level] => 1 [value] => ) [1] => Array ( [tag] => FELD1 [type] => complete [level] => 2 [value] => blubb ) [2] => Array ( [tag] => XML [value] => [type] => cdata [level] => 1 ) [3] => Array ( [tag] => FELD2 [type] => open [level] => 2 [value] => dies hier sonderzeichen ) ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54735&edit=1