From: steve at stevegoodwin dot net Operating system: Windows PHP version: 5.2.6 PHP Bug Type: JSON related Bug description: JSON encode simplexml object loses attributes on leaf nodes
Description: ------------ If you json encode a simplexml object, any xml leaf nodes will lose their attributes The attached script has two small xml strings. One with attributes on the leaf node, one without. When you run the script, attribute values disappear for the second json string Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $xml_string1 = '<?xml version="1.0"?><ItemList><Item ID="456"><ExtraTag>ABC</ExtraTag></Item><Item ID="789"><ExtraTag>DEF</ExtraTag></Item></ItemList>'; $xml_string2 = '<?xml version="1.0"?><ItemList><Item ID="456">ABC</Item><Item ID="789">DEF</Item></ItemList>'; $xml_obj = simplexml_load_string($xml_string1); $json = json_encode($xml_obj); print "Input XML Document: " . htmlentities($xml_string1) . "<br/>attributes are present:<br/>$json<br/><br/>"; $xml_obj = simplexml_load_string($xml_string2); $json = json_encode($xml_obj); print "Input XML Document: " . htmlentities($xml_string2) . "<br/>attributes are <b>Not</b> present:<br/>$json<br/><br/>"; phpinfo(); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Input XML Document: <?xml version="1.0"?><ItemList><Item ID="456"><ExtraTag>ABC</ExtraTag></Item><Item ID="789"><ExtraTag>DEF</ExtraTag></Item></ItemList> attributes are present: {"Item":[{"@attributes":{"ID":"456"},"ExtraTag":"ABC"},{"@attributes" :{"ID":"789"},"ExtraTag":"DEF"}]} Input XML Document: <?xml version="1.0"?><ItemList><Item ID="456">ABC</Item><Item ID="789">DEF</Item></ItemList> attributes are Not present: {"Item":["ABC","DEF"]} Actual result: -------------- json string above labeled with "attributes are present:" is correctly json encoded. json string above labeled with "attributes are Not present:" is incorrectly json encoded. The json object does not have the attribute name or values -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=46309&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46309&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46309&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46309&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46309&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46309&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46309&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46309&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46309&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46309&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46309&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46309&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46309&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46309&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46309&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46309&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46309&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46309&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46309&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46309&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46309&r=mysqlcfg