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Bug #22530 append_child does not unlink node
Submitted: 2003-03-04 00:53 UTC Modified: 2003-03-04 07:53 UTC
From: bobsledbob at yahoo dot com Assigned: chregu (profile)
Status: Closed Package: DOM XML related
PHP Version: 4.3.0 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-03-04 00:53 UTC] bobsledbob at yahoo dot com 
Quoth the manual:

(PHP >= 4.3) The new child newnode is first unlinked from its existing context, if it already existed in a document. Therefore the node is moved and not copies anymore. This is the behaviour according to the W3C specifications. If you want to duplicate large parts of a xml document, use DomNode->clone_node() before appending.

It seems that the appended node is not unlinked in 4.3.0 as the manual suggests?  Here's my test script:


  $xml  = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" ?>";
  $xml .= "<root>";
  $xml .= "<node1 />";
  $xml .= "<node2 />";
  $xml .= "</root>";

  $dom =& domxml_open_mem($xml);
  $root =& $dom->document_element();

  $nodeArray =& $root->child_nodes();
  $node1 =& $nodeArray[0];
  $node2 =& $nodeArray[1];

  $node1->append_child($node2);

  echo str_replace(" ", "&nbsp;&nbsp;", str_replace("\n", "<br>\n", htmlentities($dom->dump_mem(1))));
  echo "Php Version: " . phpversion() . "<br>\n";

And here's my results:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<root>
    <node1>
        <node2/>
    </node1>
    <node2/>
</root>
Php Version: 4.3.0


Thanks.

Adam

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 [2003-03-04 05:45 UTC] chregu@php.net 
yep. wrong. it just unlinks the node, if it's a child of the parent node ($node1 in your case). I'll fix that.

chregu
 [2003-03-04 06:14 UTC] chregu@php.net 
here's the patch against 4.3.0. Didn't apply it now, have to do some tests before...

Index: php_domxml.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /repository/php4/ext/domxml/php_domxml.c,v
retrieving revision 1.218.2.8
diff -u -r1.218.2.8 php_domxml.c
--- php_domxml.c        10 Jan 2003 18:05:02 -0000      1.218.2.8
+++ php_domxml.c        4 Mar 2003 12:13:21 -0000
@@ -2308,8 +2308,8 @@
                RETURN_FALSE;
        }
 
-       /* first unlink node, if child is already a child of parent */
-       if (child->parent == parent){
+       /* first unlink node, if child is already in the tree */
+       if (child->doc == parent->doc && child->parent != NULL){
                xmlUnlinkNode(child);
        }


chregu
 [2003-03-04 07:53 UTC] chregu@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

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And fixed in PHP_4_3 branch
 
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