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Doc Bug #78526 Bad return value signature of SimpleXMLElement::xpath
Submitted: 2019-09-11 11:40 UTC Modified: 2019-09-11 17:05 UTC
From: yann dot rabiller at gmail dot com Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Not a bug Package: SimpleXML related
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 [2019-09-11 11:40 UTC] yann dot rabiller at gmail dot com 
Description:
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From manual page: https://php.net/simplexmlelement.xpath
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The signature of the xpath method as given in the documentation is:

`public SimpleXMLElement::xpath ( string $path ) : array`

This means an array is necessarily returned from the method.
On the other hand, when reading the return values in the same page, I see:

>  Returns an array of SimpleXMLElement objects or FALSE in case of an error.

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 [2019-09-11 17:05 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2019-09-11 17:05 UTC] cmb@php.net 
> This means an array is necessarily returned from the method.

No, see <https://www.php.net/manual/en/functions.internal.php>.
 
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