XML Helper

The XML Helper file contains functions that assist in working with XMLdata.

Loading this Helper

This helper is loaded using the following code

helper('xml');

The following functions are available:

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 stringReturn type:string

Takes a string as input and converts the following reserved XMLcharacters to entities:

Ampersands: &
Less than and greater than characters: < >
Single and double quotes: ‘ “
Dashes: -

This function ignores ampersands if they are part of existing numberedcharacter entities, e.g. {. Example:

$string = '<p>Here is a paragraph & an entity (&#123;).</p>';
$string = xml_convert($string);
echo $string;

outputs:

&lt;p&gt;Here is a paragraph &amp; an entity (&#123;).&lt;/p&gt;