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Operating system: Mac OS X 10.6.3
PHP version:      5.3.6
Package:          XML Reader
Bug Type:         Bug
Bug description:Wrong return value for getAttribute

Description:
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According to the spec at
http://php.net/manual/en/xmlreader.getattribute.php

Return Values
The value of the attribute, or an empty string if no attribute with the
given name is found or not positioned of element.

The actual return value in case if no attribute found is NULL, instead of
empty string.

Test script:
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<?php
$reader = new XmlReader();
$reader->xml('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><a></a>');
$reader->read();
var_dump($reader->getAttribute('x'));
?>

Expected result:
----------------
string(0) ""

Actual result:
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NULL

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Fixed in SVN:                        
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Fixed in SVN and need be documented: 
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Fixed in release:                    
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Need Reproduce Script:               
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Not developer issue:                 
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Expected behavior:                   
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Not enough info:                     
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Submitted twice:                     
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register_globals:                    
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PHP 4 support discontinued:          
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Daylight Savings:                    https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55230&r=dst
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