XML Helper
The XML Helper file contains functions that assist in working with XML data.
- Loading this Helper
- Available Functions
Loading this Helper
This helper is loaded using the following code
helper('xml');
Available Functions
The following functions are available:
xml_convert($str[, $protect_all = FALSE])
- Parameters:
- $str(string) – the text string to convert
- $protect_all(bool) – Whether to protect all content that looks like a potential entity instead of just numbered entities, e.g. &foo;
- Returns:
- XML-converted string
- Return type:
- string
Takes a string as input and converts the following reserved XML characters to entities:
- Ampersands: &
- Less than and greater than characters: < >
- Single and double quotes: ‘ “
- Dashes: -
This function ignores ampersands if they are part of existing numbered character entities, e.g. {. Example:
$string = '<p>Here is a paragraph & an entity ({).</p>';
$string = xml_convert($string);
echo $string;
outputs:
<p>Here is a paragraph & an entity ({).</p>