Magento 1.9.1.1 PayPal XPath Invalid Expression

Question

There seems to be a bug in the new Magento 1.9.1.1

Found this in /var/log/system.log

2015-06-17T15:11:29+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: SimpleXMLElement::xpath(): xmlXPathEval: evaluation failed  in app/code/core/Mage/Paypal/Model/Observer.php on line 132

The XPath causing the issue is

$paymentsConfigs = $paymentGroups->xpath('paypal_payments/*/backend_config/' . $countryCode);

Can anyone see an obvious problem here?

Answer 1

I believe it's missing a slash in app/code/core/Mage/Paypal/Model/Observer.php line 142.

$paymentsConfigs = $paymentGroups->xpath('paypal_payments/\*' . $countryCode);

should be

$paymentsConfigs = $paymentGroups->xpath('paypal_payments/\*/' . $countryCode);

The original code results in 'paypal_payments/*NL' instead of 'paypal_payments/*/NL'.

Hope it answers your question.