XML Helper

The XML Helper file contains functions that assist in working with XML data. This helper is loaded using the following code:

ee()->load->helper('xml');

Available Functions

Parameter	Type	Description
$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	`String`	XML-converted string

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

This function ignores ampersands if they are part of existing numbered character 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;