Re: DOMElement::nodeValue is not W3C conforming

Hi Christoph, > In bug #70029 it has been reported that DOMElement::nodeValue currently > does not conform to the W3C specs. Instead of NULL, it returns the > ::textContent. > > I had committed the patch for master only, to avoid the undesirable BC > break for PHP 5.6, but there have been concerns that the BC break might > even be to severe for PHP 7.0. > > Therefore I'm bringing this issue to the list. Is it okay to fix the > behavior for PHP 7.0? Shall we wait until 7.1? Does that require an RFC? I don't think it requires an RFC, but I would say it it safer to leave it for 7.1, unless extremely pressing. As little as it might seem it's still a BC-break that would be otherwise introduced in 7.0-rc3. That said, I'll be ok if it gets fixed in 7.0. I just raised it as it was causing PHPUnit to bypass all the tests, thus broken builds for all the projects depending on it. Cheers -- Matteo Beccati Development & Consulting - http://www.beccati.com/