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PHP version:      Irrelevant
Package:          SimpleXML related
Bug Type:         Feature/Change Request
Bug description:Context parameter for simplexml_load_file and 
SimpleXMLElement::__construct

Description:
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A lot of the file/stream accessing functions have a context parameter.



In contrast, SimpleXMLElement::__construct() and simplexml_load_file() do
not.



Both are able to use other contexts though, since you can change the
context in use using libxml_set_streams_context(). 



The problem with that is, that future requests using any of the other xml
extensions are affected as well by using the function mentioned above. 



In the interest of a consistent interface and a minimized risk to break
things, it would be nice to see a context parameter for the
SimpleXMLElement::__construct() and simplexml_load_file().



Furthermore a hint in the manual entries for both functions to
libxml_set_streams_context() or contexts in general would be good.



I just spend a number of hours debugging my code, and the error turned out
to be a missing context reset in a class from somebody else... :(




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PHP 4 support discontinued:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53369&r=php4
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