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simonschaufi/pretty-xml
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Library for pretty-printing XML

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pretty-xml
==========

[](#pretty-xml)

A tiny library for pretty printing XML, inspired purely from DomDocument's lack of ability to configure indent distance.

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Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Installation

[](#installation)

The recommended way to install the extension is using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/).

Run the following command:

```
composer require simonschaufi/pretty-xml
```

### How to use

[](#how-to-use)

#### Prettify

[](#prettify)

To use, give it a badly indented (but well-formed and valid) XML string:

```
use PrettyXml\Formatter;

$formatter = new Formatter();
echo "" . htmlspecialchars($formatter->format('Baz')) . "";
```

You can also change the size of the indent:

```
$formatter->setIndentSize(2);
```

And you can change the indent character:

```
$formatter->setIndentCharacter("\t");
```

#### Minify

[](#minify)

```
use PrettyXml\Formatter;

$formatter = new Formatter();
echo htmlspecialchars($formatter->minify(