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Clean Document

XmlUtil provides a dedicated CleanDocument class for selectively removing specific tags or content from XML or HTML documents. This is useful for cleaning up documents before processing or display.

Basic Usage​

Basic document cleaning example
<?php

$document = new \ByJG\XmlUtil\CleanDocument($documentXmlOrHtml);

$document
    ->removeContentByTag('a', 'name')
    ->removeContentByProperty('src')
    ->stripTagsExcept(['img'])
    ->get();

Available Methods​

stripAllTags()​

Removes all HTML/XML tags from the document.

Removing all tags
$document = new \ByJG\XmlUtil\CleanDocument($html);
$plainText = $document->stripAllTags();

stripTagsExcept(array $allowedTags)​

Strips all HTML/XML tags except those specified in the array.

Keeping only specific tags
$document = new \ByJG\XmlUtil\CleanDocument($html);
$cleanHtml = $document->stripTagsExcept(['p', 'div', 'span'])->get();

removeContentByProperty(string $property)​

Removes content from any tag that contains the specified property.

Removing tags by property
$document = new \ByJG\XmlUtil\CleanDocument($html);
// Removes all tags containing the "style" property and their content
$cleanHtml = $document->removeContentByProperty('style')->get();

removeContentByTag(string $tag, string $property = '')​

Removes content from the specified tag, optionally filtering by a property.

Removing specific tags
$document = new \ByJG\XmlUtil\CleanDocument($html);
// Removes all <script> tags and their content
$cleanHtml = $document->removeContentByTag('script')->get();

// Removes all <a> tags that have an "onclick" property
$cleanHtml = $document->removeContentByTag('a', 'onclick')->get();

removeContentByTagWithoutProperty(string $tag, string $property)​

Removes content from the specified tag that does NOT have the specified property.

Removing tags without specific property
$document = new \ByJG\XmlUtil\CleanDocument($html);
// Removes all <a> tags that don't have an "href" property
$cleanHtml = $document->removeContentByTagWithoutProperty('a', 'href')->get();

get()​

Returns the cleaned document as a string.

Getting the cleaned result
$document = new \ByJG\XmlUtil\CleanDocument($html);
// Apply cleaning operations
$document->removeContentByTag('script');
// Get the final result
$cleanHtml = $document->get();