XML_Util::collapseEmptyTags

XML_Util::collapseEmptyTags() – collapse empty XML tags in a string

Synopsis

require_once 'XML/Util.php';

string XML_Util::collapseEmptyTags ( string $string , integer $mode = XML_UTIL_COLLAPSE_ALL )

Description

This method collapses empty tags like <foo></foo> with the short version <foo/> by applying a regular expression. This is especially helpful when dealing with XHTML-documents, as there is an important difference in rendering these tags in the browser.

This method has been added in XML_Util 1.1.0.

Parameter

string $string - string, in which empty tags should be collapsed
integer $mode - collapse all empty tags (XML_UTIL_COLLAPSE_ALL) or only XHTML tags (XML_UTIL_COLLAPSE_XHTML_ONLY).

Return value

string string with collapsed empty tags

Note

This function should be called statically.