diff --git a/UPGRADE-2.5.md b/UPGRADE-2.5.md
index 053d5fa1f7562..f9fe7dda18101 100644
--- a/UPGRADE-2.5.md
+++ b/UPGRADE-2.5.md
@@ -5,3 +5,42 @@ Routing
 -------
 
  * Added a new optional parameter `$requiredSchemes` to `Symfony\Component\Routing\Generator\UrlGenerator::doGenerate()`
+
+Form
+----
+
+ * The method `FormInterface::getErrors()` now returns an instance of
+   `Symfony\Component\Form\FormErrorIterator` instead of an array. This object
+   is traversable, countable and supports array access. However, you can not
+   pass it to any of PHP's `array_*` functions anymore. You should use
+   `iterator_to_array()` in those cases where you did.
+
+   Before:
+
+   ```
+   $errors = array_map($callback, $form->getErrors());
+   ```
+
+   After:
+
+   ```
+   $errors = array_map($callback, iterator_to_array($form->getErrors()));
+   ```
+
+ * The method `FormInterface::getErrors()` now has two additional, optional
+   parameters. Make sure to add these parameters to the method signatures of
+   your implementations of that interface.
+
+   Before:
+
+   ```
+   public function getErrors()
+   {
+   ```
+
+   After:
+
+   ```
+   public function getErrors($deep = false, $flatten = true)
+   {
+   ```
diff --git a/UPGRADE-3.0.md b/UPGRADE-3.0.md
index aab13e955e479..4e2c3f9f92422 100644
--- a/UPGRADE-3.0.md
+++ b/UPGRADE-3.0.md
@@ -180,6 +180,22 @@ UPGRADE FROM 2.x to 3.0
  * The options "csrf_provider" and "intention" were renamed to "csrf_token_generator"
    and "csrf_token_id".
 
+ * The method `Form::getErrorsAsString()` was removed. Use `Form::getErrors()`
+   instead with the argument `$deep` set to true and `$flatten` set to false
+   and cast the returned iterator to a string (if not done implicitly by PHP).
+
+   Before:
+
+   ```
+   echo $form->getErrorsAsString();
+   ```
+
+   After:
+
+   ```
+   echo $form->getErrors(true, false);
+   ```
+
 
 ### FrameworkBundle
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/views/Form/form_errors.html.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/views/Form/form_errors.html.php
index da9bec42ec543..77c60d7dfb3d3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/views/Form/form_errors.html.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/views/Form/form_errors.html.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?php if ($errors): ?>
+<?php if (count($errors) > 0): ?>
     <ul>
         <?php foreach ($errors as $error): ?>
             <li><?php echo $error->getMessage() ?></li>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Button.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Button.php
index 25ec861735cda..795404b417daa 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Button.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Button.php
@@ -184,9 +184,11 @@ public function all()
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
-    public function getErrors()
+    public function getErrors($deep = false, $flatten = true)
     {
-        return array();
+        $errors = array();
+
+        return new FormErrorIterator($errors, $this, $deep, $flatten);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/CHANGELOG.md
index ff4e46284f547..bebbceffd7fe0 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ CHANGELOG
  * added an option for multiple files upload
  * form errors now reference their cause (constraint violation, exception, ...)
  * form errors now remember which form they were originally added to
+ * [BC BREAK] added two optional parameters to FormInterface::getErrors() and
+   changed the method to return a Symfony\Component\Form\FormErrorIterator
+   instance instead of an array
 
 2.4.0
 -----
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php
index f4696c0dfed34..e05adda3e7696 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php
@@ -778,9 +778,9 @@ public function getClickedButton()
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
-    public function getErrors()
+    public function getErrors($deep = false, $flatten = true)
     {
-        return $this->errors;
+        return new FormErrorIterator($this->errors, $this, $deep, $flatten);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -791,24 +791,13 @@ public function getErrors()
      * @param integer $level The indentation level (used internally)
      *
      * @return string A string representation of all errors
+     *
+     * @deprecated Deprecated since version 2.5, to be removed in 3.0. Use
+     *             {@link getErrors()} instead and cast the result to a string.
      */
     public function getErrorsAsString($level = 0)
     {
-        $errors = '';
-        foreach ($this->errors as $error) {
-            $errors .= str_repeat(' ', $level).'ERROR: '.$error->getMessage()."\n";
-        }
-
-        foreach ($this->children as $key => $child) {
-            $errors .= str_repeat(' ', $level).$key.":\n";
-            if ($child instanceof self && $err = $child->getErrorsAsString($level + 4)) {
-                $errors .= $err;
-            } else {
-                $errors .= str_repeat(' ', $level + 4)."No errors\n";
-            }
-        }
-
-        return $errors;
+        return self::indent((string) $this->getErrors(true, false), $level);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1115,4 +1104,19 @@ private function viewToNorm($value)
 
         return $value;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Utility function for indenting multi-line strings.
+     *
+     * @param string  $string The string
+     * @param integer $level  The number of spaces to use for indentation
+     *
+     * @return string The indented string
+     */
+    private static function indent($string, $level)
+    {
+        $indentation = str_repeat(' ', $level);
+
+        return rtrim($indentation.str_replace("\n", "\n".$indentation, $string), ' ');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormErrorIterator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormErrorIterator.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..32ddf2e4850d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormErrorIterator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,310 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Form;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Form\Exception\OutOfBoundsException;
+use Symfony\Component\Form\Exception\BadMethodCallException;
+
+/**
+ * Iterates over the errors of a form.
+ *
+ * Optionally, this class supports recursive iteration. In order to iterate
+ * recursively, set the constructor argument $deep to true. Now each element
+ * returned by the iterator is either an instance of {@link FormError} or of
+ * {@link FormErrorIterator}, in case the errors belong to a sub-form.
+ *
+ * You can also wrap the iterator into a {@link \RecursiveIteratorIterator} to
+ * flatten the recursive structure into a flat list of errors.
+ *
+ * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * @since 2.5
+ */
+class FormErrorIterator implements \RecursiveIterator, \SeekableIterator, \ArrayAccess, \Countable
+{
+    /**
+     * The prefix used for indenting nested error messages.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    const INDENTATION = '    ';
+
+    /**
+     * @var FormInterface
+     */
+    private $form;
+
+    /**
+     * @var Boolean
+     */
+    private $deep;
+
+    /**
+     * @var Boolean
+     */
+    private $flatten;
+
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    private $elements;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new iterator.
+     *
+     * @param array         $errors  The iterated errors
+     * @param FormInterface $form    The form the errors belong to
+     * @param Boolean       $deep    Whether to include the errors of child
+     *                               forms
+     * @param Boolean       $flatten Whether to flatten the recursive list of
+     *                               errors into a flat list
+     */
+    public function __construct(array &$errors, FormInterface $form, $deep = false, $flatten = true)
+    {
+        $this->errors = &$errors;
+        $this->form = $form;
+        $this->deep = $deep;
+        $this->flatten = $flatten;
+
+        $this->rewind();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns all iterated error messages as string.
+     *
+     * @return string The iterated error messages
+     */
+    public function __toString()
+    {
+        $string = '';
+
+        foreach ($this->elements as $element) {
+            if ($element instanceof FormError) {
+                $string .= 'ERROR: '.$element->getMessage()."\n";
+            } else {
+                /** @var $element FormErrorIterator */
+                $string .= $element->form->getName().":\n";
+                $string .= self::indent((string) $element);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $string;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the iterated form.
+     *
+     * @return FormInterface The form whose errors are iterated by this object.
+     */
+    public function getForm()
+    {
+        return $this->form;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the current element of the iterator.
+     *
+     * @return FormError|FormErrorIterator An error or an iterator for nested
+     *                                     errors.
+     */
+    public function current()
+    {
+        return current($this->elements);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Advances the iterator to the next position.
+     */
+    public function next()
+    {
+        next($this->elements);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the current position of the iterator.
+     *
+     * @return integer The 0-indexed position.
+     */
+    public function key()
+    {
+        return key($this->elements);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether the iterator's position is valid.
+     *
+     * @return Boolean Whether the iterator is valid.
+     */
+    public function valid()
+    {
+        return null !== key($this->elements);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the iterator's position to the beginning.
+     *
+     * This method detects if errors have been added to the form since the
+     * construction of the iterator.
+     */
+    public function rewind()
+    {
+        $this->elements = $this->errors;
+
+        if ($this->deep) {
+            foreach ($this->form as $child) {
+                /** @var FormInterface $child */
+                if ($child->isSubmitted() && $child->isValid()) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                $iterator = $child->getErrors(true, $this->flatten);
+
+                if (0 === count($iterator)) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if ($this->flatten) {
+                    foreach ($iterator as $error) {
+                        $this->elements[] = $error;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    $this->elements[] = $iterator;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        reset($this->elements);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether a position exists in the iterator.
+     *
+     * @param integer $position The position
+     *
+     * @return Boolean Whether that position exists
+     */
+    public function offsetExists($position)
+    {
+        return isset($this->elements[$position]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the element at a position in the iterator.
+     *
+     * @param integer $position The position
+     *
+     * @return FormError|FormErrorIterator The element at the given position
+     *
+     * @throws OutOfBoundsException If the given position does not exist
+     */
+    public function offsetGet($position)
+    {
+        if (!isset($this->elements[$position])) {
+            throw new OutOfBoundsException('The offset '.$position.' does not exist.');
+        }
+
+        return $this->elements[$position];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Unsupported method.
+     *
+     * @throws BadMethodCallException
+     */
+    public function offsetSet($position, $value)
+    {
+        throw new BadMethodCallException('The iterator doesn\'t support modification of elements.');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Unsupported method.
+     *
+     * @throws BadMethodCallException
+     */
+    public function offsetUnset($position)
+    {
+        throw new BadMethodCallException('The iterator doesn\'t support modification of elements.');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether the current element of the iterator can be recursed
+     * into.
+     *
+     * @return Boolean Whether the current element is an instance of this class
+     */
+    public function hasChildren()
+    {
+        return current($this->elements) instanceof self;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Alias of {@link current()}.
+     */
+    public function getChildren()
+    {
+        return current($this->elements);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the number of elements in the iterator.
+     *
+     * Note that this is not the total number of errors, if the constructor
+     * parameter $deep was set to true! In that case, you should wrap the
+     * iterator into a {@link \RecursiveIteratorIterator} with the standard mode
+     * {@link \RecursiveIteratorIterator::LEAVES_ONLY} and count the result.
+     *
+     *     $iterator = new \RecursiveIteratorIterator($form->getErrors(true));
+     *     $count = count(iterator_to_array($iterator));
+     *
+     * Alternatively, set the constructor argument $flatten to true as well.
+     *
+     *     $count = count($form->getErrors(true, true));
+     *
+     * @return integer The number of iterated elements
+     */
+    public function count()
+    {
+        return count($this->elements);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the position of the iterator.
+     *
+     * @param integer $position The new position
+     *
+     * @throws OutOfBoundsException If the position is invalid
+     */
+    public function seek($position)
+    {
+        if (!isset($this->elements[$position])) {
+            throw new OutOfBoundsException('The offset '.$position.' does not exist.');
+        }
+
+        reset($this->elements);
+
+        while ($position !== key($this->elements)) {
+            next($this->elements);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Utility function for indenting multi-line strings.
+     *
+     * @param string $string The string
+     *
+     * @return string The indented string
+     */
+    private static function indent($string)
+    {
+        return rtrim(self::INDENTATION.str_replace("\n", "\n".self::INDENTATION, $string), ' ');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormInterface.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormInterface.php
index 5a852e864fdd6..3b7fb7b3a0891 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormInterface.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormInterface.php
@@ -92,11 +92,19 @@ public function remove($name);
     public function all();
 
     /**
-     * Returns all errors.
+     * Returns the errors of this form.
      *
-     * @return FormError[] An array of FormError instances that occurred during validation
+     * @param Boolean $deep    Whether to include errors of child forms as well
+     * @param Boolean $flatten Whether to flatten the list of errors in case
+     *                         $deep is set to true
+     *
+     * @return FormErrorIterator An iterator over the {@link FormError}
+     *                           instances that where added to this form
+     *
+     * @since 2.5 Since version 2.5 this method returns a
+     *            {@link FormErrorIterator} instance instead of an array
      */
-    public function getErrors();
+    public function getErrors($deep = false, $flatten = true);
 
     /**
      * Updates the form with default data.
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/CompoundFormTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/CompoundFormTest.php
index 32a09719ae851..d72fd6639011c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/CompoundFormTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/CompoundFormTest.php
@@ -819,7 +819,101 @@ public function testGetErrorsAsStringDeep()
         $parent->add($this->form);
         $parent->add($this->getBuilder('foo')->getForm());
 
-        $this->assertEquals("name:\n    ERROR: Error!\nfoo:\n    No errors\n", $parent->getErrorsAsString());
+        $this->assertSame(
+             "name:\n".
+             "    ERROR: Error!\n",
+             $parent->getErrorsAsString()
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testGetErrorsAsStringDeepWithIndentation()
+    {
+        $parent = $this->getBuilder()
+            ->setCompound(true)
+            ->setDataMapper($this->getDataMapper())
+            ->getForm();
+
+        $this->form->addError(new FormError('Error!'));
+
+        $parent->add($this->form);
+        $parent->add($this->getBuilder('foo')->getForm());
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+             "    name:\n".
+             "        ERROR: Error!\n",
+             $parent->getErrorsAsString(4)
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testGetErrors()
+    {
+        $this->form->addError($error1 = new FormError('Error 1'));
+        $this->form->addError($error2 = new FormError('Error 2'));
+
+        $errors = $this->form->getErrors();
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+             "ERROR: Error 1\n".
+             "ERROR: Error 2\n",
+             (string) $errors
+        );
+
+        $this->assertSame(array($error1, $error2), iterator_to_array($errors));
+    }
+
+    public function testGetErrorsDeep()
+    {
+        $this->form->addError($error1 = new FormError('Error 1'));
+        $this->form->addError($error2 = new FormError('Error 2'));
+
+        $childForm = $this->getBuilder('Child')->getForm();
+        $childForm->addError($nestedError = new FormError('Nested Error'));
+        $this->form->add($childForm);
+
+        $errors = $this->form->getErrors(true);
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+             "ERROR: Error 1\n".
+             "ERROR: Error 2\n".
+             "ERROR: Nested Error\n",
+             (string) $errors
+        );
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+             array($error1, $error2, $nestedError),
+             iterator_to_array($errors)
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testGetErrorsDeepRecursive()
+    {
+        $this->form->addError($error1 = new FormError('Error 1'));
+        $this->form->addError($error2 = new FormError('Error 2'));
+
+        $childForm = $this->getBuilder('Child')->getForm();
+        $childForm->addError($nestedError = new FormError('Nested Error'));
+        $this->form->add($childForm);
+
+        $errors = $this->form->getErrors(true, false);
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+             "ERROR: Error 1\n".
+             "ERROR: Error 2\n".
+             "Child:\n".
+             "    ERROR: Nested Error\n",
+             (string) $errors
+        );
+
+        $errorsAsArray = iterator_to_array($errors);
+
+        $this->assertSame($error1, $errorsAsArray[0]);
+        $this->assertSame($error2, $errorsAsArray[1]);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Symfony\Component\Form\FormErrorIterator', $errorsAsArray[2]);
+
+        $nestedErrorsAsArray = iterator_to_array($errorsAsArray[2]);
+
+        $this->assertCount(1, $nestedErrorsAsArray);
+        $this->assertSame($nestedError, $nestedErrorsAsArray[0]);
     }
 
     // Basic cases are covered in SimpleFormTest
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Validator/ViolationMapper/ViolationMapperTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Validator/ViolationMapper/ViolationMapperTest.php
index 3c9886d7cf233..c2db73eb77a6e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Validator/ViolationMapper/ViolationMapperTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Validator/ViolationMapper/ViolationMapperTest.php
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public function testMapToFormInheritingParentDataIfDataDoesNotMatch()
         $this->mapper->mapViolation($violation, $parent);
 
         $this->assertCount(0, $parent->getErrors(), $parent->getName().' should not have an error, but has one');
-        $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), $child->getErrors(), $child->getName().' should have an error, but has none');
+        $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), iterator_to_array($child->getErrors()), $child->getName().' should have an error, but has none');
         $this->assertCount(0, $grandChild->getErrors(), $grandChild->getName().' should not have an error, but has one');
     }
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public function testFollowDotRules()
         $this->assertCount(0, $parent->getErrors(), $parent->getName().' should not have an error, but has one');
         $this->assertCount(0, $child->getErrors(), $child->getName().' should not have an error, but has one');
         $this->assertCount(0, $grandChild->getErrors(), $grandChild->getName().' should not have an error, but has one');
-        $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), $grandGrandChild->getErrors(), $grandGrandChild->getName().' should have an error, but has none');
+        $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), iterator_to_array($grandGrandChild->getErrors()), $grandGrandChild->getName().' should have an error, but has none');
     }
 
     public function testAbortMappingIfNotSynchronized()
@@ -746,17 +746,17 @@ public function testDefaultErrorMapping($target, $childName, $childPath, $grandC
         $this->mapper->mapViolation($violation, $parent);
 
         if (self::LEVEL_0 === $target) {
-            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), $parent->getErrors(), $parent->getName().' should have an error, but has none');
+            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), iterator_to_array($parent->getErrors()), $parent->getName().' should have an error, but has none');
             $this->assertCount(0, $child->getErrors(), $childName.' should not have an error, but has one');
             $this->assertCount(0, $grandChild->getErrors(), $grandChildName.' should not have an error, but has one');
         } elseif (self::LEVEL_1 === $target) {
             $this->assertCount(0, $parent->getErrors(), $parent->getName().' should not have an error, but has one');
-            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), $child->getErrors(), $childName.' should have an error, but has none');
+            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), iterator_to_array($child->getErrors()), $childName.' should have an error, but has none');
             $this->assertCount(0, $grandChild->getErrors(), $grandChildName.' should not have an error, but has one');
         } else {
             $this->assertCount(0, $parent->getErrors(), $parent->getName().' should not have an error, but has one');
             $this->assertCount(0, $child->getErrors(), $childName.' should not have an error, but has one');
-            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), $grandChild->getErrors(), $grandChildName.' should have an error, but has none');
+            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), iterator_to_array($grandChild->getErrors()), $grandChildName.' should have an error, but has none');
         }
     }
 
@@ -1218,17 +1218,17 @@ public function testCustomDataErrorMapping($target, $mapFrom, $mapTo, $childName
         }
 
         if (self::LEVEL_0 === $target) {
-            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), $parent->getErrors(), $parent->getName().' should have an error, but has none');
+            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), iterator_to_array($parent->getErrors()), $parent->getName().' should have an error, but has none');
             $this->assertCount(0, $child->getErrors(), $childName.' should not have an error, but has one');
             $this->assertCount(0, $grandChild->getErrors(), $grandChildName.' should not have an error, but has one');
         } elseif (self::LEVEL_1 === $target) {
             $this->assertCount(0, $parent->getErrors(), $parent->getName().' should not have an error, but has one');
-            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), $child->getErrors(), $childName.' should have an error, but has none');
+            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), iterator_to_array($child->getErrors()), $childName.' should have an error, but has none');
             $this->assertCount(0, $grandChild->getErrors(), $grandChildName.' should not have an error, but has one');
         } else {
             $this->assertCount(0, $parent->getErrors(), $parent->getName().' should not have an error, but has one');
             $this->assertCount(0, $child->getErrors(), $childName.' should not have an error, but has one');
-            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), $grandChild->getErrors(), $grandChildName.' should have an error, but has none');
+            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), iterator_to_array($grandChild->getErrors()), $grandChildName.' should have an error, but has none');
         }
     }
 
@@ -1400,16 +1400,16 @@ public function testCustomFormErrorMapping($target, $mapFrom, $mapTo, $errorName
 
         if (self::LEVEL_0 === $target) {
             $this->assertCount(0, $errorChild->getErrors(), $errorName.' should not have an error, but has one');
-            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), $parent->getErrors(), $parent->getName().' should have an error, but has none');
+            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), iterator_to_array($parent->getErrors()), $parent->getName().' should have an error, but has none');
             $this->assertCount(0, $child->getErrors(), $childName.' should not have an error, but has one');
             $this->assertCount(0, $grandChild->getErrors(), $grandChildName.' should not have an error, but has one');
         } elseif (self::LEVEL_1 === $target) {
             $this->assertCount(0, $errorChild->getErrors(), $errorName.' should not have an error, but has one');
             $this->assertCount(0, $parent->getErrors(), $parent->getName().' should not have an error, but has one');
-            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), $child->getErrors(), $childName.' should have an error, but has none');
+            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), iterator_to_array($child->getErrors()), $childName.' should have an error, but has none');
             $this->assertCount(0, $grandChild->getErrors(), $grandChildName.' should not have an error, but has one');
         } elseif (self::LEVEL_1B === $target) {
-            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), $errorChild->getErrors(), $errorName.' should have an error, but has none');
+            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), iterator_to_array($errorChild->getErrors()), $errorName.' should have an error, but has none');
             $this->assertCount(0, $parent->getErrors(), $parent->getName().' should not have an error, but has one');
             $this->assertCount(0, $child->getErrors(), $childName.' should not have an error, but has one');
             $this->assertCount(0, $grandChild->getErrors(), $grandChildName.' should not have an error, but has one');
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ public function testCustomFormErrorMapping($target, $mapFrom, $mapTo, $errorName
             $this->assertCount(0, $errorChild->getErrors(), $errorName.' should not have an error, but has one');
             $this->assertCount(0, $parent->getErrors(), $parent->getName().' should not have an error, but has one');
             $this->assertCount(0, $child->getErrors(), $childName.' should not have an error, but has one');
-            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), $grandChild->getErrors(), $grandChildName.' should have an error, but has none');
+            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), iterator_to_array($grandChild->getErrors()), $grandChildName.' should have an error, but has none');
         }
     }
 
@@ -1462,17 +1462,17 @@ public function testErrorMappingForFormInheritingParentData($target, $childName,
         $this->mapper->mapViolation($violation, $parent);
 
         if (self::LEVEL_0 === $target) {
-            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), $parent->getErrors(), $parent->getName().' should have an error, but has none');
+            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), iterator_to_array($parent->getErrors()), $parent->getName().' should have an error, but has none');
             $this->assertCount(0, $child->getErrors(), $childName.' should not have an error, but has one');
             $this->assertCount(0, $grandChild->getErrors(), $grandChildName.' should not have an error, but has one');
         } elseif (self::LEVEL_1 === $target) {
             $this->assertCount(0, $parent->getErrors(), $parent->getName().' should not have an error, but has one');
-            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), $child->getErrors(), $childName.' should have an error, but has none');
+            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), iterator_to_array($child->getErrors()), $childName.' should have an error, but has none');
             $this->assertCount(0, $grandChild->getErrors(), $grandChildName.' should not have an error, but has one');
         } else {
             $this->assertCount(0, $parent->getErrors(), $parent->getName().' should not have an error, but has one');
             $this->assertCount(0, $child->getErrors(), $childName.' should not have an error, but has one');
-            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), $grandChild->getErrors(), $grandChildName.' should have an error, but has none');
+            $this->assertEquals(array($this->getFormError($violation)), iterator_to_array($grandChild->getErrors()), $grandChildName.' should have an error, but has none');
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/SimpleFormTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/SimpleFormTest.php
index bedad6761feef..528114257a8a9 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/SimpleFormTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/SimpleFormTest.php
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ public function testSubmitResetsErrors()
         $this->form->addError(new FormError('Error!'));
         $this->form->submit('foobar');
 
-        $this->assertSame(array(), $this->form->getErrors());
+        $this->assertCount(0, $this->form->getErrors());
     }
 
     public function testCreateView()