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Doc Bug #64470 XMLReader::next($localname) moves cursor even if there is no more $localname
Submitted: 2013-03-20 17:05 UTC Modified: 2021-01-13 13:29 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:3.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
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From: halil dot ozgur at gmail dot com Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Closed Package: XML Reader
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: Irrelevant
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2013-03-20 17:05 UTC] halil dot ozgur at gmail dot com
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/xmlreader.next
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I'm not sure if this obvious, or is not a bug. next() method when invoked with a 
parameter (with $localname non-empty) moves the cursor even if there is no more 
$localname items and next() returns false. This in fact proved helpful for me 
while implementing a custom iterator. But it could still be useful to include this 
information in the documentation.

Test script:
---------------
<?php
$itemTag = "test";
$xml = <<<EOX
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<tests>
    <test>
        <lorem>11111</lorem>
    </test>
    <test>
        <lorem>22222</lorem>
    </test>
</tests>
EOX;
$reader = new \XMLReader();
$reader->XML($xml);
// move to the first element
while ($reader->read() && $reader->name !== $itemTag) {}
echo "Current: " . $reader->name . "\n";
$reader->next($itemTag);
$reader->next($itemTag);
echo "Current: " . $reader->name . "\n";


Expected result:
----------------
Current: test
Current: test

Actual result:
--------------
Current: test
Current:

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 [2017-01-28 12:19 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Package: Documentation problem +Package: XML Reader
 [2020-10-07 14:13 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Verified
 [2020-10-07 14:13 UTC] cmb@php.net
Indeed, if there are no more respective nodes, the cursor is moved
to the end of the document.  While the underlying
xmlTextReaderName()'s result distinguished that (-1) from other
error conditions (0), XMLReader::next() returns FALSE in either
case.
 [2021-01-13 13:26 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2021-01-13 13:29 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Verified +Status: Closed
 
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