XML Helper¶
The XML Helper file contains functions that assist in working with XML data.
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>