PHP :: Bug #34730 :: saveXML translates UTF-8 characters to entities

Bug #34730	saveXML translates UTF-8 characters to entities
Submitted:	2005-10-04 14:46 UTC	Modified:	2005-10-04 19:28 UTC
From:	pesmail2003 at seznam dot cz	Assigned:
Status:	Not a bug	Package:	DOM XML related
PHP Version:	5.0.5	OS:	Linux 2.6.10-5-i386
Private report:	No	CVE-ID:	None

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[2005-10-04 14:46 UTC] pesmail2003 at seznam dot cz

Description:
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saveXML function replaces UTF-8 characters to entities. If I have some UTF-8 characters in my loaded XML file and want to save it with saveXML, it replace everything to entities like this &#x10D; &#x159; &#x17E; &#xFD;&#xE1; &#xED; &#xE9; I had to write my own saveXML in PHP and it's really bad.

Reproduce code:
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<?php
$xmlData = <<<XMLCODE
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<test>"?????????</test>
XMLCODE;

$dom = new DomDocument;
$dom->loadXML( $xmlData );
echo $dom->saveXML();
?>

Expected result:
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<test>"?????????</test>

Actual result:
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<test>"&#x11B;&#x161;&#x10D;&#x159;&#x17E;&#xFD;&#xE1;&#xED;&#xE9;</test>

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[2005-10-04 14:53 UTC] derick@php.net

You need to specify the charset encoding in your XML, like so:

<?php
$xmlData = <<<XMLCODE
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf8"?>
<test>"привате</test>
XMLCODE;

$dom = new DomDocument;
$dom->loadXML( $xmlData );
echo $dom->saveXML();
?>

[2005-10-04 14:57 UTC] pesmail2003 at seznam dot cz

Thanks derick for fast response. But I found something interesting. When I set encoding in XML with <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>, it works OK. But there is still no way to disable replacing special characters with entities when I have proper encoding and want to use saveXML with parameter "node" to save only part of the tree. Any solution to this?

[2005-10-04 15:02 UTC] derick@php.net

Not without an example, but as this is not a user forum, please ask this kinds of questions on the php-general@lists.php.net mailinglist.

[2005-10-04 15:14 UTC] pesmail2003 at seznam dot cz

I'm sending updated test code. Plase don't throw this bugreport immediately away as "bogus". I really don't want to use this as support forum, and don't want to stupidly chat with developers. Maybe I sent bad example for the first time, but I'm trying to do what I can to help you to help me. Maybe we will find I'm dumb but maybe we will find and fix some problem together.

Reproduce code
--------------
<?php
$xmlData = <<<XMLCODE
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<test>"????????</test>
XMLCODE;

$dom = new DomDocument;
$dom->loadXML( $xmlData );
echo $dom->saveXML($dom->firstChild);
?>

Expected result
---------------
<test>"?????????</test>

Actual result
---------------
<test>"&#x161;&#x10D;&#x159;&#x17E;&#xFD;&#xE1;&#xED;&#xE9;</test>

[2005-10-04 18:56 UTC] chregu@php.net

works for me as expected (php 5.0.6-dev)

which libxml2 version are you using

[2005-10-04 19:26 UTC] pesmail2003 at seznam dot cz

Thanks a lot chregu! I though I have latest version, but I hadn't. I've upgraded to libxml 2.6.21 (was 2.6.17) and now it works as expected. My fault I didn't test it before posting bug report. Thanks everyone, great job.

[2005-10-04 19:28 UTC] tony2001@php.net

Not PHP problem -> bogus.

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