note 93694 added to function.preg-match-all

The next function works with almost any complex xml/xhtml string /** * Find and close unclosed xml tags **/ function close_tags($text) { $patt_open = "%((?<!</)(?<=<)[\s]*[^/!>\s]+(?=>|[\s]+[^>]*[^/]>)(?!/>))%"; $patt_close = "%((?<=</)([^>]+)(?=>))%"; if (preg_match_all($patt_open,$text,$matches)) { $m_open = $matches[1]; if(!empty($m_open)) { preg_match_all($patt_close,$text,$matches2); $m_close = $matches2[1]; if (count($m_open) > count($m_close)) { $m_open = array_reverse($m_open); foreach ($m_close as $tag) $c_tags[$tag]++; foreach ($m_open as $k => $tag) if ($c_tags[$tag]--<=0) $text.='</'.$tag.'>'; } } } return $text; } ---- Server IP: 80.64.47.13 Probable Submitter: 84.89.61.82 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match-all.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/93694 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93694/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93694/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93694/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93694/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93694/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93694/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93694 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/93694 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php