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ID: 55098 User updated by: karl dot raab at elements dot at Reported by: karl dot raab at elements dot at Summary: SimpleXML iteration produces infinite loop Status: Open Type: Bug Package: SimpleXML related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.3.6 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: already noticed an orphan comment in the test script. just ignore the line "//iteration_breaker($nodes);" cheers, karl Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-07-01 04:23:29] karl dot raab at elements dot at Description: ------------ see the test script. inside the foreach-loop the call of e.g. $nodes->asXml() will reset the iteration to the beginning and therefore the loop will forever remain on the second element. this may be related to bug #50670 and #51846 greets, karl Test script: --------------- $xmlString = "<root><a><b>1</b><b>2</b><b>3</b></a></root>"; $xml = simplexml_load_string($xmlString); $nodes = $xml->a->b; foreach ($nodes as $nodeData) { echo "nodeData: " . $nodeData . "\n"; //the following code will break the iteration on the second element and resets the pointer //happens by any of these methods $xml = $nodes->asXml(); //$nodes->getName(); //$nodes->attributes(); //$nodes->children(); //$nodes->getNamespaces(); //iteration_breaker($nodes); } Expected result: ---------------- nodeData: 1 nodeData: 2 nodeData: 3 Actual result: -------------- nodeData: 1 nodeData: 2 nodeData: 2 nodeData: 2 nodeData: 2 nodeData: 2 nodeData: 2 nodeData: 2 nodeData: 2 nodeData: 2 and so on... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55098&edit=1