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Bug #79271 DOMDocumentType extends DOMNode, but doesn't provide $childNodes as DOMNodeList
Submitted: 2020-02-13 17:19 UTC Modified: 2020-02-17 08:13 UTC
From: ca at lsp dot net Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Closed Package: DOM XML related
PHP Version: 7.3.14 OS: Windows
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2020-02-13 17:19 UTC] ca at lsp dot net
Description:
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From manual page: https://php.net/class.domdocumenttype
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According to the `DOMNode` documentation [1], the `$childNodes` property always refers to a `DOMNodeList`.

However, `DOMDocumentType` extends `DOMNode`, but doesn't provide the property nor supports `hasChildNodes()`.

This means that the following test script causes a Notice.

[1] https://www.php.net/class.domnode.php

Test script:
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$dom = new DOMImplementation();
$type = $dom->createDocumentType('html');
echo get_class($type->childNodes);


Expected result:
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DOMNodeList

Actual result:
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Warning: get_class() expects parameter 1 to be object, null given in test.php on line 5

Call Stack:
    0.0075     398976   1. {main}() test.php:0

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 [2020-02-13 19:04 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Type: Documentation Problem +Type: Bug
 [2020-02-13 19:04 UTC] requinix@php.net
I can't find anything in the spec that says a DocumentType has different behavior from Node regarding its children.
https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/

As such I think this is a code bug: ->childNodes should be an (empty) DOMNodeList.
 [2020-02-14 10:09 UTC] cmb@php.net
The following pull request has been associated:

Patch Name: Fix #79271: DOMDocumentType::$childNodes is NULL
On GitHub:  https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/5180
Patch:      https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/5180.patch
 [2020-02-17 08:11 UTC] cmb@php.net
Automatic comment on behalf of cmbecker69@gmx.de
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=09669411309b5c18c48b550d89b34e78983118cd
Log: Fix #79271: DOMDocumentType::$childNodes is NULL
 [2020-02-17 08:11 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed
 [2020-02-17 08:13 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 
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