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diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/xml_helper.rst b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/xml_helper.rst
index be848bcd1..681408e03 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/xml_helper.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/xml_helper.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ XML Helper
The XML Helper file contains functions that assist in working with XML
data.
-.. contents:: Page Contents
+
+.. contents::
+ :local:
Loading this Helper
===================
@@ -16,23 +18,39 @@ This helper is loaded using the following code
$this->load->helper('xml');
+Available Functions
+===================
+
The following functions are available:
+
xml_convert()
-=====================
+-------------
-Takes a string as input and converts the following reserved XML
-characters to entities:
+.. method:: xml_convert($str[, $protect_all = FALSE])
-- Ampersands: &
-- Less then and greater than characters: < >
-- Single and double quotes: ' "
-- Dashes: -
+ :param string $str: the text string to convert
+ :param bool $protect_all: Whether to protect all content that looks like a potential entity instead of just numbered entities, e.g. &foo;
+ :returns: converted string
+ :rtype: string
-This function ignores ampersands if they are part of existing character
-entities. Example
+ Takes a string as input and converts the following reserved XML
+ characters to entities:
-::
+ - Ampersands: &
+ - Less then and greater than characters: < >
+ - Single and double quotes: ' "
+ - Dashes: -
+
+ This function ignores ampersands if they are part of existing numbered
+ character entities, e.g. &#123;. Example::
+
+ $string = '<p>Here is a paragraph & an entity (&#123;).</p>';
+ $string = xml_convert($string);
+ echo $string;
+
+ outputs:
- $string = xml_convert($string);
+ .. code-block:: html
+ &lt;p&gt;Here is a paragraph &amp; an entity (&#123;).&lt;/p&gt;