[doc-en] master: DOMDocument::loadXML(): document the ValueError for an empty string (#5968)

Author: qodelicious (qodelicious) Committer: GitHub (web-flow) Pusher: lacatoire Date: 2026-10-19T09:34:47+02:00 Commit: https://github.com/php/doc-en/commit/587b7ec5ece08cb9feba0475d23fdfb28754b701 Raw diff: https://github.com/php/doc-en/commit/587b7ec5ece08cb9feba0475d23fdfb28754b701.diff DOMDocument::loadXML(): document the ValueError for an empty string (#5968) Fixes #2245 Changed paths: M reference/dom/domdocument/loadxml.xml Diff: diff --git a/reference/dom/domdocument/loadxml.xml b/reference/dom/domdocument/loadxml.xml index 5e982a4b794c..6e9fe86d1a7f 100644 --- a/reference/dom/domdocument/loadxml.xml +++ b/reference/dom/domdocument/loadxml.xml @@ -51,11 +51,10 @@ </refsect1> <refsect1 role="errors"> &reftitle.errors; - <para> - If an empty string is passed as the <parameter>source</parameter>, - a warning will be generated. This warning is not generated by libxml - and cannot be handled using libxml's error handling functions. - </para> + <simpara> + Throws a <exceptionname>ValueError</exceptionname> if <parameter>source</parameter> + is an empty string. + </simpara> </refsect1> <refsect1 role="changelog"> &reftitle.changelog; @@ -74,6 +73,14 @@ This function now has a tentative <type>bool</type> return type. </entry> </row> + <row> + <entry>8.0.0</entry> + <entry> + Passing an empty string as <parameter>source</parameter> now throws a + <exceptionname>ValueError</exceptionname>; previously, an <constant>E_WARNING</constant> + was raised and &false; was returned. + </entry> + </row> <row> <entry>8.0.0</entry> <entry>