XML Helper

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

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., &#123;. Example:

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

outputs:

<p>Here is a paragraph & an entity ({).</p>