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Fix GH-1408: Deprecation of libxml_disable_entity_loader() should warn about constants which will override the new default behaviour #4036

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Fix GH-1408: Deprecation of libxml_disable_entity_loader() should warn about constants which will override the new default behaviour #4036

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13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions reference/libxml/constants.xml
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<simpara>
Default DTD attributes
</simpara>
<caution>
<simpara>
Enabling loading of DTD attributes will enable fetching of external entities.
The <constant>LIBXML_NO_XXE</constant> constant can be used to prevent this (only available in Libxml &gt;= 2.13.0, as of PHP 8.4.0).
</simpara>
</caution>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry xml:id="constant.libxml-dtdload">
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<simpara>
Load the external subset
</simpara>
<caution>
<simpara>
Enabling loading of external subsets will enable fetching of external entities.
The <constant>LIBXML_NO_XXE</constant> constant can be used to prevent this (only available in Libxml &gt;= 2.13.0, as of PHP 8.4.0).
</simpara>
</caution>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry xml:id="constant.libxml-dtdvalid">
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<caution>
<simpara>
Enabling validating the DTD may facilitate XML External Entity (XXE) attacks.
The <constant>LIBXML_NO_XXE</constant> constant can be used to prevent this (only available in Libxml &gt;= 2.13.0, as of PHP 8.4.0).
</simpara>
</caution>
</listitem>
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13 changes: 10 additions & 3 deletions reference/libxml/functions/libxml-disable-entity-loader.xml
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<para>
Disable/enable the ability to load external entities.
Note that disabling the loading of external entities may cause general issues
with loading XML documents. However, as of libxml 2.9.0 entity substitution
with loading XML documents.
</para>
<para>
As of libxml 2.9.0 entity substitution
is disabled by default, so there is no need to disable the loading of external
entities,
unless there is the need to resolve internal entity references with <constant>LIBXML_NOENT</constant>.
unless there is the need to resolve internal entity references with <constant>LIBXML_NOENT</constant>,
<constant>LIBXML_DTDVALID</constant>, or <constant>LIBXML_DTDLOAD</constant>.
Generally, it is preferable to use <function>libxml_set_external_entity_loader</function>
to suppress loading of external entities.
The <constant>LIBXML_NO_XXE</constant> constant can be used to prevent this as well (only available in Libxml &gt;= 2.13.0, as of PHP 8.4.0).
</para>
</refsect1>

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<simplelist>
<member><function>libxml_use_internal_errors</function></member>
<member><function>libxml_set_external_entity_loader</function></member>
<member><link linkend="libxml.constants">The <constant>LIBXML_NOENT</constant> constant</link></member>
<member>The <constant>LIBXML_NOENT</constant> constant</member>
<member>The <constant>LIBXML_DTDVALID</constant> constant</member>
<member>The <constant>LIBXML_NO_XXE</constant> constant</member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
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