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PHP 8.4: update to PHP 8.4's DOM Spec Compliance

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Description

See: https://www.php.net/manual/en/class.dom-document.php and https://wiki.php.net/rfc/opt_in_dom_spec_compliance

New namespaced DOM-classes have been introduced in PHP 8.4 that are better in terms of performance and spec compliance.
This should be applied to all xml-libraries extending from this one.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start with the PHP DOM specification and RFC links in the issue, then identify the XML libraries extending this library. Determine where the existing DOM classes are used and what compatibility constraints apply. Done means the new PHP 8.4 namespaced DOM classes are applied consistently across the affected XML libraries.

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Tech stack
php
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backend
Issue type
Refactor
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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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