catching the jQuery parseXML exception

[repinel]

I'm not sure if it's an issue, but shouldn't the following code throw an exception and reach the catch block?

try {
jQuery.parseXML('foo');
} catch(e) {
console.log(e.message);
}

[JamesMGreene]

• What OS? What version?
• What version of PhantomJS?
• What version of jQuery?
• What is the context of this script?
  • An existing script on an existing page?
  • A PhantomJS-injected script onto an existing page?
  • A page.evaluate call to an existing page?
  • Run in the PhantomJS outer context?
  • REPL mode?

[JamesMGreene]

(But the expectation would be: "yes, it should".)

[repinel]

Actually, my example with just 'foo' is working properly. I am having problems with something like '<foo></foogoo>'.

• What OS? What version?
  Ubuntu 12.10 AMD64 and Windows 7 64-bit
• What version of PhantomJS?
  PhantomJS 1.9.0
• What version of jQuery?
  Happened with 1.6.1 and 1.8.2
• What is the context of this script?
  • An existing script on an existing page?
  • A PhantomJS-injected script onto an existing page?
  • A page.evaluate call to an existing page?
  • Run in the PhantomJS outer context?
  • REPL mode?

console.log('Started');

var page = require('webpage').create();

page.onConsoleMessage = function(msg) {
  console.log(msg);
};

page.includeJs("http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.min.js", function() {
    console.log('Loaded jQuery');
    page.evaluate(function() {
        try {
          console.log('Parsing XML');
          var doc = jQuery.parseXML('<foo></foogoo>');
          console.log('XML is valid? ' + (doc.length == 1));
        } catch(e) {
          console.log(e.message);
        }
    });
    phantom.exit();
});

The same JavaScript code is working as expected on jsFiddle http://jsfiddle.net/u4Amm/

[mars]

Currently experiencing this issue too.

• What OS? What version? Mac OS X 10.9.1
• What version of PhantomJS? PhantomJS 1.9.2
• What version of jQuery? jQuery 1.10.1
• What is the context of this script? An existing script on an existing page: running a Jasmine spec suite

[ghost]

I'm also experiencing this issue. Is there any workaround for this?

• What OS? What version? Linux Mint 16
• What version of PhantomJS? PhantomJS 1.9.8
• What version of jQuery? jQuery 2.1.4
• What is the context of this script? An existing script on an existing page: running a Jasmine spec suite

[LeMoussel]

Code working properly

• What OS? What version? Windows 7
• What version of PhantomJS? PhantomJS 2.0.0
• What version of jQuery? jQuery 2.1.4
• What is the context of this script? An existing script

Result:

Started
Loaded jQuery
Parsing XML
XML is valid? false`

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