--TEST-- libxml_disable_entity_loader() --SKIPIF-- --FILE-- ]> &xxe; EOT; $xml = str_replace('XXE_URI', __DIR__ . '/libxml_disable_entity_loader_payload.txt', $xml); function parseXML($xml) { $doc = new DOMDocument(); $doc->resolveExternals = true; $doc->substituteEntities = true; $doc->validateOnParse = false; $doc->loadXML($xml, 0); return $doc->saveXML(); } var_dump(strpos(parseXML($xml), 'SECRET_DATA') !== false); var_dump(libxml_disable_entity_loader(true)); var_dump(strpos(parseXML($xml), 'SECRET_DATA') === false); echo "Done\n"; ?> --EXPECTF-- bool(true) bool(false) Warning: DOMDocument::loadXML(): I/O warning : failed to load external entity "%s" in %s on line %d Warning: DOMDocument::loadXML(): Failure to process entity xxe in Entity, line: %d in %s on line %d Warning: DOMDocument::loadXML(): Entity 'xxe' not defined in Entity, line: %d in %s on line %d bool(true) Done