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Bug #26743 getElementsByTagName doesn't work properly
Submitted: 2003-12-29 10:34 UTC Modified: 2003-12-29 11:42 UTC
From: olivier dot bichler at laposte dot net Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: *XML functions
PHP Version: 5.0.0b2 (beta2) OS: Windows XP (with SP1)
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2003-12-29 10:34 UTC] olivier dot bichler at laposte dot net
Description:
------------
The DOM function "getElementByTagName" doesn't work properly when it's call from an element.
The W3C specification say "Returns a NodeList of all DESCENDANT Elements with a given tag name, in the order in which they are encountered in a preorder traversal of this Element tree."
But getElementByTagName return ALL elements encountered after the current element and not only the descendant elements in the tree...

Reproduce code:
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<?php
$xml = '<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config><section id="section1">
	<param name="param1">value1</param>
	<param name="param2">value2</param>
</section>
<section id="section2">
	<param name="param3">value3</param>
</section>
</config>';

$dom = new DomDocument;
$dom -> loadXML($xml);
$params = $dom -> documentElement -> firstChild -> getElementsByTagName('param');

foreach ($params as $param) {
	echo $param -> getAttribute('name').'<br />';
}
?>

Expected result:
----------------
param1
param2

(according with the W3C specifications)

Actual result:
--------------
param1
param2
param3

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 [2003-12-29 10:42 UTC] olivier dot bichler at laposte dot net
Sorry, the name of the function is getElementsByTagName with "s" at "Element".
 [2003-12-29 10:43 UTC] olivier dot bichler at laposte dot net
I have modified the title...
 [2003-12-29 11:42 UTC] rrichards@php.net
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

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