xmlReaderIsEmptyElement

SYNOPSIS

int xmlReaderIsEmptyElement(xmlReader reader)

Parameters:

• reader - the xmlReader object

Returns:

• Whether the current element is an empty (<p/>) element

DESCRIPTION
xmlReaderIsEmptyElement() returns 1 if the current element is empty, 0 if not and -1 in case of error. These are sometimes called "standalone" or "self closing" elements.

More precisely, this is for testing whether elements will have an end element. E.g. <a/> will be considered empty while <a></a> will not.

EXAMPLE

<$isEmpty = (xmlReaderIsEmptyElement($reader))>

CAVEATS
Invoke xmlReaderIsEmptyElement when you're on the XML_READER_TYPE_ELEMENT to tell whether it's an opening element of a balanced pair or an empty element. If the reader is on XML_READER_TYPE_END_ELEMENT, then xmlReaderIsEmptyElement will always return 0, as you're on the closing element of a non-empty pair.

SEE ALSO
xmlReaderGetColumn, xmlReaderGetDepth, xmlReaderGetLine, xmlReaderGetType