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Bug #51903 simplexml_load_file() doesn't use HTTP headers
Submitted: 2010-05-25 07:16 UTC Modified: 2021-03-02 16:25 UTC
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Reproduced:4 of 4 (100.0%)
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From: phpwnd at gmail dot com Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Closed Package: SimpleXML related
PHP Version: 5.3.2 OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2010-05-25 07:16 UTC] phpwnd at gmail dot com
Description:
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Seen at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2899274/

If you use simplexml_load_file() to load a remote document via HTTP, SimpleXML assumes that the content is UTF-8 regardless of the HTTP headers. In the test script below, at the time of writing, Google's web server returns something like:

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=GB2312
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 05:05:17 GMT
Pragma: no-cache
Expires: Fri, 01 Jan 1990 00:00:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate
expires=Thu, 24-May-2012 05:05:17 GMT; path=/; domain=.google.com
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
Server: igfe
X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
Transfer-Encoding: chunked

<?xml version="1.0"?><xml_api_reply version="1">
<!-- single-byte encoded GB2312 stuff -->
</xml_api_reply>
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The server advertises the content "text/xml; charset=GB2312", but since the XML declaration doesn't mention the encoding, SimpleXML assumes it is UTF-8 and eventually fails to load it.

If it is at all possible, SimpleXML (and DOM, I assume) should look at the HTTP headers to find the document's encoding.

Test script:
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simplexml_load_file('http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather=11791&hl=zh-CN');

Actual result:
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PHP Warning:  simplexml_load_file(): http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather=11791&hl=zh-CN:1: parser error : Input is not proper UTF-8, indicate encoding !
Bytes: 0xC7 0xE7 0x22 0x2F in Command line code on line 1

Warning: simplexml_load_file(): http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather=11791&hl=zh-CN:1: parser error : Input is not proper UTF-8, indicate encoding !
Bytes: 0xC7 0xE7 0x22 0x2F in Command line code on line 1
PHP Warning:  simplexml_load_file(): t_system data="SI"/></forecast_information><current_conditions><condition data=" in Command line code on line 1

Warning: simplexml_load_file(): t_system data="SI"/></forecast_information><current_conditions><condition data=" in Command line code on line 1
PHP Warning:  simplexml_load_file():                                                                                ^ in Command line code on line 1

Warning: simplexml_load_file():

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check_stream-wrapperdata_for_encoding (last revision 2010-05-26 13:02 UTC by mike@php.net)

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 [2010-05-26 15:02 UTC] mike@php.net
The following patch has been added/updated:

Patch Name: check_stream-wrapperdata_for_encoding
Revision:   1274878924
URL:        http://bugs.php.net/patch-display.php?bug=51903&patch=check_stream-wrapperdata_for_encoding&revision=1274878924
 [2010-05-26 15:03 UTC] mike@php.net
generally, something like the attached patch could make it, but not for this particular problem, as libxml2 does not know gb2312 -- see libxml2/libxml/encoding.h
 [2010-05-26 15:22 UTC] felipe@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Assigned -Assigned To: +Assigned To: rrichards
 [2017-10-24 06:15 UTC] kalle@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Open -Assigned To: rrichards +Assigned To:
 [2021-03-02 16:25 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Verified -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2021-03-02 16:25 UTC] cmb@php.net
Still unresolved.
 [2021-03-02 18:42 UTC] cmb@php.net
The following pull request has been associated:

Patch Name: Fix #51903: simplexml_load_file() doesn't use HTTP headers
On GitHub:  https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/6747
Patch:      https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/6747.patch
 [2021-03-08 14:17 UTC] cmb@php.net
Automatic comment on behalf of cmbecker69@gmx.de
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=f901bec494ae921f36e1066e4380b92888757f0f
Log: Fix #51903: simplexml_load_file() doesn't use HTTP headers
 [2021-03-08 14:17 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Verified +Status: Closed
 
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