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<h1>HTML Helper<a class="headerlink" href="#html-helper" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
The HTML Helper file contains functions that assist in working with
HTML.
<div class="contents local topic" id="contents">
<ul class="simple">
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#loading-this-helper" id="id1">Loading this Helper</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#available-functions" id="id2">Available Functions</a></li>
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id1">Loading this Helper</a><a class="headerlink" href="#loading-this-helper" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
This helper is loaded using the following code:
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre>$this-&gt;load-&gt;helper(&#39;html&#39;);
</pre></div>
</div>
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<div class="section" id="available-functions">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2">Available Functions</a><a class="headerlink" href="#available-functions" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
The following functions are available:
<dl class="function">
<dt id="heading">
<tt class="descname">heading</tt><big>(</big>[$data = ''[, $h = '1'[, $attributes = '']]]<big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#heading" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple">
<li>$data (string) &#8211; Content</li>
<li>$h (string) &#8211; Heading level</li>
<li>$attributes (mixed) &#8211; HTML attributes</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">HTML heading tag
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body">string
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Lets you create HTML heading tags. The first parameter will contain the
data, the second the size of the heading. Example:
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre>echo heading(&#39;Welcome!&#39;, 3);
</pre></div>
</div>
The above would produce: &lt;h3&gt;Welcome!&lt;/h3&gt;
Additionally, in order to add attributes to the heading tag such as HTML
classes, ids or inline styles, a third parameter accepts either a string
or an array:
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre>echo heading(&#39;Welcome!&#39;, 3, &#39;class=&quot;pink&quot;&#39;);
echo heading(&#39;How are you?&#39;, 4, array(&#39;id&#39; =&gt; &#39;question&#39;, &#39;class&#39; =&gt; &#39;green&#39;));
</pre></div>
</div>
The above code produces:
<div class="highlight-html"><div class="highlight"><pre>&lt;h3 class=&quot;pink&quot;&gt;Welcome!&lt;h3&gt;
&lt;h4 id=&quot;question&quot; class=&quot;green&quot;&gt;How are you?&lt;/h4&gt;
</pre></div>
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</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="img">
<tt class="descname">img</tt><big>(</big>[$src = ''[, $index_page = FALSE[, $attributes = '']]]<big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#img" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple">
<li>$src (string) &#8211; Image source data</li>
<li>$index_page (bool) &#8211; Whether to treat $src as a routed URI string</li>
<li>$attributes (array) &#8211; HTML attributes</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">HTML image tag
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body">string
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Lets you create HTML &lt;img /&gt; tags. The first parameter contains the
image source. Example:
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre>echo img(&#39;images/picture.jpg&#39;); // gives &lt;img src=&quot;http://site.com/images/picture.jpg&quot; /&gt;
</pre></div>
</div>
There is an optional second parameter that is a TRUE/FALSE value that
specifics if the src should have the page specified by
<tt class="docutils literal">$config['index_page']</tt> added to the address it creates.
Presumably, this would be if you were using a media controller:
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre>echo img(&#39;images/picture.jpg&#39;, TRUE); // gives &lt;img src=&quot;http://site.com/index.php/images/picture.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;
</pre></div>
</div>
Additionally, an associative array can be passed to the <tt class="docutils literal">img()</tt> function
for complete control over all attributes and values. If an alt attribute
is not provided, CodeIgniter will generate an empty string.
Example:
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre>$image_properties = array(
 &#39;src&#39; =&gt; &#39;images/picture.jpg&#39;,
 &#39;alt&#39; =&gt; &#39;Me, demonstrating how to eat 4 slices of pizza at one time&#39;,
 &#39;class&#39; =&gt; &#39;post_images&#39;,
 &#39;width&#39; =&gt; &#39;200&#39;,
 &#39;height&#39;=&gt; &#39;200&#39;,
 &#39;title&#39; =&gt; &#39;That was quite a night&#39;,
 &#39;rel&#39; =&gt; &#39;lightbox&#39;
);

img($image_properties);
// &lt;img src=&quot;http://site.com/index.php/images/picture.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Me, demonstrating how to eat 4 slices of pizza at one time&quot; class=&quot;post_images&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; title=&quot;That was quite a night&quot; rel=&quot;lightbox&quot; /&gt;
</pre></div>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="link_tag">
<tt class="descname">link_tag</tt><big>(</big>[$href = ''[, $rel = 'stylesheet'[, $type = 'text/css'[, $title = ''[, $media = ''[, $index_page = FALSE]]]]]]<big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#link_tag" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple">
<li>$href (string) &#8211; What are we linking to</li>
<li>$rel (string) &#8211; Relation type</li>
<li>$type (string) &#8211; Type of the related document</li>
<li>$title (string) &#8211; Link title</li>
<li>$media (string) &#8211; Media type</li>
<li>$index_page (bool) &#8211; Whether to treat $src as a routed URI string</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">HTML link tag
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body">string
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Lets you create HTML &lt;link /&gt; tags. This is useful for stylesheet links,
as well as other links. The parameters are href, with optional rel,
type, title, media and index_page.
index_page is a boolean value that specifies if the href should have
the page specified by <tt class="docutils literal">$config['index_page']</tt> added to the address it creates.
Example:
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre>echo link_tag(&#39;css/mystyles.css&#39;);
// gives &lt;link href=&quot;http://site.com/css/mystyles.css&quot; rel=&quot;stylesheet&quot; type=&quot;text/css&quot; /&gt;
</pre></div>
</div>
Further examples:
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre>echo link_tag(&#39;favicon.ico&#39;, &#39;shortcut icon&#39;, &#39;image/ico&#39;);
// &lt;link href=&quot;http://site.com/favicon.ico&quot; rel=&quot;shortcut icon&quot; type=&quot;image/ico&quot; /&gt;

echo link_tag(&#39;feed&#39;, &#39;alternate&#39;, &#39;application/rss+xml&#39;, &#39;My RSS Feed&#39;);
// &lt;link href=&quot;http://site.com/feed&quot; rel=&quot;alternate&quot; type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; title=&quot;My RSS Feed&quot; /&gt;
</pre></div>
</div>
Additionally, an associative array can be passed to the <tt class="docutils literal">link()</tt> function
for complete control over all attributes and values:
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre>$link = array(
 &#39;href&#39; =&gt; &#39;css/printer.css&#39;,
 &#39;rel&#39; =&gt; &#39;stylesheet&#39;,
 &#39;type&#39; =&gt; &#39;text/css&#39;,
 &#39;media&#39; =&gt; &#39;print&#39;
);

echo link_tag($link);
// &lt;link href=&quot;http://site.com/css/printer.css&quot; rel=&quot;stylesheet&quot; type=&quot;text/css&quot; media=&quot;print&quot; /&gt;
</pre></div>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="ul">
<tt class="descname">ul</tt><big>(</big>$list[, $attributes = '']<big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#ul" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple">
<li>$list (array) &#8211; List entries</li>
<li>$attributes (array) &#8211; HTML attributes</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">HTML-formatted unordered list
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body">string
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Permits you to generate unordered HTML lists from simple or
multi-dimensional arrays. Example:
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre>$list = array(
 &#39;red&#39;,
 &#39;blue&#39;,
 &#39;green&#39;,
 &#39;yellow&#39;
);

$attributes = array(
 &#39;class&#39; =&gt; &#39;boldlist&#39;,
 &#39;id&#39; =&gt; &#39;mylist&#39;
);

$list = array(
 &#39;colors&#39; =&gt; array(
 &#39;red&#39;,
 &#39;blue&#39;,
 &#39;green&#39;
 ),
 &#39;shapes&#39; =&gt; array(
 &#39;round&#39;,
 &#39;square&#39;,
 &#39;circles&#39; =&gt; array(
 &#39;ellipse&#39;,
 &#39;oval&#39;,
 &#39;sphere&#39;
 )
 ),
 &#39;moods&#39; =&gt; array(
 &#39;happy&#39;,
 &#39;upset&#39; =&gt; array(
 &#39;defeated&#39; =&gt; array(
 &#39;dejected&#39;,
 &#39;disheartened&#39;,
 &#39;depressed&#39;
 ),
 &#39;annoyed&#39;,
 &#39;cross&#39;,
 &#39;angry&#39;
 )
 )
);

echo ul($list, $attributes);
</pre></div>
</div>
The above code will produce this:
<div class="highlight-html"><div class="highlight"><pre>&lt;ul class=&quot;boldlist&quot; id=&quot;mylist&quot;&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;colors
 &lt;ul&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;red&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;blue&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;green&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;/ul&gt;
 &lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;shapes
 &lt;ul&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;round&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;suare&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;circles
 &lt;ul&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;elipse&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;oval&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;sphere&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;/ul&gt;
 &lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;/ul&gt;
 &lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;moods
 &lt;ul&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;happy&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;upset
 &lt;ul&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;defeated
 &lt;ul&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;dejected&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;disheartened&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;depressed&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;/ul&gt;
 &lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;annoyed&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;cross&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;angry&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;/ul&gt;
 &lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;/ul&gt;
 &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
</pre></div>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="ol">
<tt class="descname">ol</tt><big>(</big>$list, $attributes = ''<big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#ol" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple">
<li>$list (array) &#8211; List entries</li>
<li>$attributes (array) &#8211; HTML attributes</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">HTML-formatted ordered list
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body">string
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Identical to <a class="reference internal" href="#ul" title="ul"><tt class="xref php php-func docutils literal">ul()</tt></a>, only it produces the &lt;ol&gt; tag for
ordered lists instead of &lt;ul&gt;.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="meta">
<tt class="descname">meta</tt><big>(</big>[$name = ''[, $content = ''[, $type = 'name'[, $newline = &quot;n&quot;]]]]<big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#meta" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple">
<li>$name (string) &#8211; Meta name</li>
<li>$content (string) &#8211; Meta content</li>
<li>$type (string) &#8211; Meta type</li>
<li>$newline (string) &#8211; Newline character</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">HTML meta tag
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body">string
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Helps you generate meta tags. You can pass strings to the function, or
simple arrays, or multidimensional ones.
Examples:
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre>echo meta(&#39;description&#39;, &#39;My Great site&#39;);
// Generates: &lt;meta name=&quot;description&quot; content=&quot;My Great Site&quot; /&gt;

echo meta(&#39;Content-type&#39;, &#39;text/html; charset=utf-8&#39;, &#39;equiv&#39;);
// Note the third parameter. Can be &quot;equiv&quot; or &quot;name&quot;
// Generates: &lt;meta http-equiv=&quot;Content-type&quot; content=&quot;text/html; charset=utf-8&quot; /&gt;

echo meta(array(&#39;name&#39; =&gt; &#39;robots&#39;, &#39;content&#39; =&gt; &#39;no-cache&#39;));
// Generates: &lt;meta name=&quot;robots&quot; content=&quot;no-cache&quot; /&gt;

$meta = array(
 array(
 &#39;name&#39; =&gt; &#39;robots&#39;,
 &#39;content&#39; =&gt; &#39;no-cache&#39;
 ),
 array(
 &#39;name&#39; =&gt; &#39;description&#39;,
 &#39;content&#39; =&gt; &#39;My Great Site&#39;
 ),
 array(
 &#39;name&#39; =&gt; &#39;keywords&#39;,
 &#39;content&#39; =&gt; &#39;love, passion, intrigue, deception&#39;
 ),
 array(
 &#39;name&#39; =&gt; &#39;robots&#39;,
 &#39;content&#39; =&gt; &#39;no-cache&#39;
 ),
 array(
 &#39;name&#39; =&gt; &#39;Content-type&#39;,
 &#39;content&#39; =&gt; &#39;text/html; charset=utf-8&#39;, &#39;type&#39; =&gt; &#39;equiv&#39;
 )
);

echo meta($meta);
// Generates:
// &lt;meta name=&quot;robots&quot; content=&quot;no-cache&quot; /&gt;
// &lt;meta name=&quot;description&quot; content=&quot;My Great Site&quot; /&gt;
// &lt;meta name=&quot;keywords&quot; content=&quot;love, passion, intrigue, deception&quot; /&gt;
// &lt;meta name=&quot;robots&quot; content=&quot;no-cache&quot; /&gt;
// &lt;meta http-equiv=&quot;Content-type&quot; content=&quot;text/html; charset=utf-8&quot; /&gt;
</pre></div>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="doctype">
<tt class="descname">doctype</tt><big>(</big>[$type = 'xhtml1-strict']<big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#doctype" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple">
<li>$type (string) &#8211; Doctype name</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">HTML DocType tag
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body">string
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Helps you generate document type declarations, or DTD&#8217;s. XHTML 1.0
Strict is used by default, but many doctypes are available.
Example:
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre>echo doctype(); // &lt;!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd&quot;&gt;

echo doctype(&#39;html4-trans&#39;); // &lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd&quot;&gt;
</pre></div>
</div>
The following is a list of doctype choices. These are configurable, and
pulled from application/config/doctypes.php
<table border="1" class="docutils">
<colgroup>
<col width="16%" />
<col width="10%" />
<col width="74%" />
</colgroup>
<thead valign="bottom">
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Document type</th>
<th class="head">Option</th>
<th class="head">Result</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="row-even"><td>XHTML 1.1</td>
<td>xhtml11</td>
<td>&lt;!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC &#8220;-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN&#8221; &#8220;<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd</a>&#8220;&gt;</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>XHTML 1.0 Strict</td>
<td>xhtml1-strict</td>
<td>&lt;!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC &#8220;-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN&#8221; &#8220;<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd</a>&#8220;&gt;</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>XHTML 1.0 Transitional</td>
<td>xhtml1-trans</td>
<td>&lt;!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC &#8220;-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN&#8221; &#8220;<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd</a>&#8220;&gt;</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>XHTML 1.0 Frameset</td>
<td>xhtml1-frame</td>
<td>&lt;!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC &#8220;-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Frameset//EN&#8221; &#8220;<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-frameset.dtd">http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-frameset.dtd</a>&#8220;&gt;</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>XHTML Basic 1.1</td>
<td>xhtml-basic11</td>
<td>&lt;!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC &#8220;-//W3C//DTD XHTML Basic 1.1//EN&#8221; &#8220;<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-basic/xhtml-basic11.dtd">http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-basic/xhtml-basic11.dtd</a>&#8220;&gt;</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>HTML 5</td>
<td>html5</td>
<td>&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>HTML 4 Strict</td>
<td>html4-strict</td>
<td>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &#8220;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN&#8221; &#8220;<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd</a>&#8220;&gt;</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>HTML 4 Transitional</td>
<td>html4-trans</td>
<td>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &#8220;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN&#8221; &#8220;<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd</a>&#8220;&gt;</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>HTML 4 Frameset</td>
<td>html4-frame</td>
<td>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &#8220;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN&#8221; &#8220;<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd">http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd</a>&#8220;&gt;</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>MathML 1.01</td>
<td>mathml1</td>
<td>&lt;!DOCTYPE math SYSTEM &#8220;<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/Math/DTD/mathml1/mathml.dtd">http://www.w3.org/Math/DTD/mathml1/mathml.dtd</a>&#8220;&gt;</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>MathML 2.0</td>
<td>mathml2</td>
<td>&lt;!DOCTYPE math PUBLIC &#8220;-//W3C//DTD MathML 2.0//EN&#8221; &#8220;<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/Math/DTD/mathml2/mathml2.dtd">http://www.w3.org/Math/DTD/mathml2/mathml2.dtd</a>&#8220;&gt;</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>SVG 1.0</td>
<td>svg10</td>
<td>&lt;!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC &#8220;-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.0//EN&#8221; &#8220;<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010904/DTD/svg10.dtd">http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010904/DTD/svg10.dtd</a>&#8220;&gt;</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>SVG 1.1 Full</td>
<td>svg11</td>
<td>&lt;!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC &#8220;-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN&#8221; &#8220;<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd</a>&#8220;&gt;</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>SVG 1.1 Basic</td>
<td>svg11-basic</td>
<td>&lt;!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC &#8220;-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1 Basic//EN&#8221; &#8220;<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11-basic.dtd">http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11-basic.dtd</a>&#8220;&gt;</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>SVG 1.1 Tiny</td>
<td>svg11-tiny</td>
<td>&lt;!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC &#8220;-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1 Tiny//EN&#8221; &#8220;<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11-tiny.dtd">http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11-tiny.dtd</a>&#8220;&gt;</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>XHTML+MathML+SVG (XHTML host)</td>
<td>xhtml-math-svg-xh</td>
<td>&lt;!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC &#8220;-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1 plus MathML 2.0 plus SVG 1.1//EN&#8221; &#8220;<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/2002/04/xhtml-math-svg/xhtml-math-svg.dtd">http://www.w3.org/2002/04/xhtml-math-svg/xhtml-math-svg.dtd</a>&#8220;&gt;</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>XHTML+MathML+SVG (SVG host)</td>
<td>xhtml-math-svg-sh</td>
<td>&lt;!DOCTYPE svg:svg PUBLIC &#8220;-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1 plus MathML 2.0 plus SVG 1.1//EN&#8221; &#8220;http://www.w3.org/2002/04/xhtml-math-svg/xhtml-math-svg.dtd&#8221;&gt;</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>XHTML+RDFa 1.0</td>
<td>xhtml-rdfa-1</td>
<td>&lt;!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC &#8220;-//W3C//DTD XHTML+RDFa 1.0//EN&#8221; &#8220;<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml-rdfa-1.dtd">http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml-rdfa-1.dtd</a>&#8220;&gt;</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>XHTML+RDFa 1.1</td>
<td>xhtml-rdfa-2</td>
<td>&lt;!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC &#8220;-//W3C//DTD XHTML+RDFa 1.1//EN&#8221; &#8220;<a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml-rdfa-2.dtd">http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml-rdfa-2.dtd</a>&#8220;&gt;</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="br">
<tt class="descname">br</tt><big>(</big>[$count = 1]<big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#br" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple">
<li>$count (int) &#8211; Number of times to repeat the tag</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">HTML line break tag
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body">string
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Generates line break tags (&lt;br /&gt;) based on the number you submit.
Example:
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre>echo br(3);
</pre></div>
</div>
The above would produce:
<div class="highlight-html"><div class="highlight"><pre>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="admonition note">
Note
This function is DEPRECATED. Use the native <tt class="docutils literal">str_repeat()</tt>
in combination with <tt class="docutils literal">&lt;br /&gt;</tt> instead.
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="nbs">
<tt class="descname">nbs</tt><big>(</big>[$num = 1]<big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#nbs" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple">
<li>$num (int) &#8211; Number of space entities to produce</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">A sequence of non-breaking space HTML entities
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body">string
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Generates non-breaking spaces (&amp;nbsp;) based on the number you submit.
Example:
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre>echo nbs(3);
</pre></div>
</div>
The above would produce:
<div class="highlight-html"><div class="highlight"><pre>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="admonition note">
Note
This function is DEPRECATED. Use the native <tt class="docutils literal">str_repeat()</tt>
in combination with <tt class="docutils literal">&amp;nbsp;</tt> instead.
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