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CodeIgniter

3.0-dev User Guide

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

$this->load->helper('xml');

The following functions are available:

xml_convert()

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

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

This function ignores ampersands if they are part of existing character entities. Example

$string = xml_convert($string);