ZF-12082: Zend_Feed_Rss::description() sometimes returns an array and not text

Issue Type:
Bug
Created:
2012-03-02T11:27:15.000+0000
Last Updated:
2012-04-19T11:10:12.000+0000
Status:
Open
Fix version(s):
    Reporter:
    Daniel Rhodes (danielrhodeswarp)
    Assignee:
    Alexander Veremyev (alexander)
    Tags:
    • Zend_Feed
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    Description

    Now then, on a feed which the W3C validator tells me is a valid feed and which upon visual inspection has no quirks (for example http://dailymail.co.uk/home/search.rss/… ) I am getting unexpected results from Zend_Feed_Rss::description().

    Yes, I am using brackets [->description() and not ->description] so I would expect to get the text of the returned, BUT what I actually get for this particular feed is this:

    array ( 0 => DOMElement::__set_state(array( )), 1 => DOMElement::__set_state(array( )), )

    And I wondered if I'm doing something wrong or if the feed is dodgy or if it is something in the framework? Low priority but any advice appreciated. Thank you dudes.

    Comments

    Posted by Daniel Rhodes (danielrhodeswarp) on 2012-03-02T11:31:09.000+0000

    I've just realised that the given feed will be in a constant state of flux, so here I include a snapshot of it where - for me - the mentioned bug is happening:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"> syria | Search Results | Mail Onlinehttp://dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html/… syria Searchen-gb

    <copyright>Copyright 2012 Associated Newspapers Ltd</copyright>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:25:36 GMT</pubDate>
<managingEditor>editorial@dailymailonline.co.uk (Editor)</managingEditor>
<category>Search</category>
<category domain="dmoz">Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/News_and_Media/Newspapers</category>
<image>

  <title>syria | Search Results | Mail Online</title>
  <url><a rel="nofollow" href="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/furniture/mastHead_1_rss.gif">http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/furniture/&hellip;</a></url>
  <link><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?searchPhrase=syria">http://dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html/&hellip;</a></link>
</image>
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  <title>Syrian troops take Homs rebel stronghold as fears grow of reprisal killings</title>
  <link><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2109113/Syrian-troops-Homs-rebel-stronghold-fears-grow-reprisal-killings.html?ITO=1490">http://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2109113/&hellip;</a></link>

  <description>Citing unbearable humanitarian conditions and a shortage of weapons, rebels yesterday made what they called a 'tactical retreat' from the Baba Amr suburb.</description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:47:16 GMT</pubDate>
  <guid><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2109113/Syrian-troops-Homs-rebel-stronghold-fears-grow-reprisal-killings.html?ITO=1490">http://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2109113/&hellip;</a></guid>
  <media:description type="html">Citing unbearable humanitarian conditions and a shortage of weapons, rebels yesterday made what they called a 'tactical retreat' from the Baba Amr suburb.</media:description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:08:43 GMT</pubDate>
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  <media:description type="html">In the video, a man says he is in a cemetery in the neighborhood of Baba Amr, in the central Syrian city of Homs where Colvin was killed last week.</media:description>
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  <media:description type="html">See our amazing pictures from around the globe...</media:description>
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  <guid><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2108150/Syria-violence-Helicopter-gunships-open-civilians-crackdown-Homs-rebels-continues.html?ITO=1490">http://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2108150/&hellip;</a></guid>
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  <media:thumbnail url="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/29/article-2108150-11F82C9B000005DC-956_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" />
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    Posted by Daniel Rhodes (danielrhodeswarp) on 2012-04-19T11:10:12.000+0000

    Ho hum. No interest in this? Never mind, it's probably to do with the:

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    Isn't it?