Let JFactory::getXML() opt to receive a SimpleXMLElement.

libraries/joomla/access/access.php

@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ public static function getActionsFromFile($file, $xpath = "/access/section[@name
 		else
 		{
 			// Else return the actions from the xml.
-			return self::getActionsFromData(JFactory::getXML($file, true), $xpath);
+			return self::getActionsFromData(JFactory::getXML($file, true, false), $xpath);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ public static function getActionsFromData($data, $xpath = "/access/section[@name
 		// Attempt to load the XML if a string.
 		if (is_string($data))
 		{
-			$data = JFactory::getXML($data, false);
+			$data = JFactory::getXML($data, false, false);
 
 			// Make sure the XML loaded correctly.
 			if (!$data)

libraries/joomla/factory.php

@@ -372,32 +372,41 @@ public static function getFeedParser($url, $cache_time = 0)
 	/**
 	 * Reads a XML file.
 	 *
-	 * @param   string   $data    Full path and file name.
-	 * @param   boolean  $isFile  true to load a file or false to load a string.
+	 * @param   string   $data       Full path and file name.
+	 * @param   boolean  $isFile     true to load a file or false to load a string.
+	 * @param   boolean  $jxmlement  true to load a JXMLElement otherwise loads as SimpleXMLElement.
 	 *
-	 * @return  mixed    JXMLElement on success or false on error.
+	 * @return  mixed    JXMLElement or SimpleXMLElement on success or false on error.
 	 *
 	 * @see     JXMLElement
 	 * @since   11.1
 	 * @note    This method will return SimpleXMLElement object in the future. Do not rely on JXMLElement's methods.
 	 * @todo    This may go in a separate class - error reporting may be improved.
 	 */
-	public static function getXML($data, $isFile = true)
+	public static function getXML($data, $isFile = true, $jxmlement = true)
 	{
-		jimport('joomla.utilities.xmlelement');
+		if ($jxmlement)
+		{
+			jimport('joomla.utilities.xmlelement');
+			$class = 'JXMLElement';
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$class = 'SimpleXMLElement';
+		}
 
 		// Disable libxml errors and allow to fetch error information as needed
 		libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
 
 		if ($isFile)
 		{
 			// Try to load the XML file
-			$xml = simplexml_load_file($data, 'JXMLElement');
+			$xml = simplexml_load_file($data, $class);
 		}
 		else
 		{
 			// Try to load the XML string
-			$xml = simplexml_load_string($data, 'JXMLElement');
+			$xml = simplexml_load_string($data, $class);
 		}
 
 		if (empty($xml))
@@ -415,6 +424,7 @@ public static function getXML($data, $isFile = true)
 			}
 		}
 
+		libxml_clear_errors();
 		return $xml;
 	}
 

libraries/joomla/language/language.php

@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ public static function parseXMLLanguageFiles($dir = null)
 	public static function parseXMLLanguageFile($path)
 	{
 		// Try to load the file
-		if (!$xml = JFactory::getXML($path))
+		if (!$xml = JFactory::getXML($path, true, false))
 		{
 			return null;
 		}

libraries/joomla/utilities/xmlelement.php

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class JXMLElement extends SimpleXMLElement
 	 */
 	public function name()
 	{
-		JLog::add('JXMLElement::name() is deprecated, use SimpleXMLElement::getName() instead.', JLog::WARNING, 'deprecated');
+		JLog::add('JXMLElement::name() is deprecated. Use SimpleXMLElement::getName() instead.', JLog::WARNING, 'deprecated');
 		return (string) $this->getName();
 	}
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public function name()
 	 */
 	public function asFormattedXML($compressed = false, $indent = "\t", $level = 0)
 	{
-		JLog::add('JXMLElement::asFormattedXML() is deprecated, use SimpleXMLElement::asXML() instead.', JLog::WARNING, 'deprecated');
+		JLog::add('JXMLElement::asFormattedXML() is deprecated. Use SimpleXMLElement::asXML() instead.', JLog::WARNING, 'deprecated');
 		$out = '';
 
 		// Start a new line, indent by the number indicated in $level

libraries/legacy/application/helper.php

@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public static function parseXMLInstallFile($path)
 	public static function parseXMLLangMetaFile($path)
 	{
 		// Read the file to see if it's a valid component XML file
-		$xml = JFactory::getXML($path);
+		$xml = JFactory::getXML($path, true, false);
 
 		if (!$xml)
 		{

libraries/legacy/help/help.php

@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public static function createSiteList($pathToXml)
 
 		if (!empty($pathToXml))
 		{
-			$xml = JFactory::getXML($pathToXml);
+			$xml = JFactory::getXML($pathToXml, true, false);
 		}
 
 		if (!$xml)