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Typography Helper
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The Typography Helper file contains functions that help your format text
in semantically relevant ways.
.. contents:: Page Contents
Loading this Helper
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This helper is loaded using the following code::
$this->load->helper('typography');
The following functions are available:
auto_typography()
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.. php:function:: auto_typography($str, $reduce_linebreaks = FALSE)
:param string $str: Input string
:param bool $reduce_linebreaks: Whether to reduce multiple instances of double newlines to two
:returns: string
Formats text so that it is semantically and typographically correct
HTML.
This function is an alias for ``CI_Typography::auto_typography``.
For more info, please see the :doc:`Typography Library
<../libraries/typography>` documentation.
Usage example::
$string = auto_typography($string);
.. note:: Typographic formatting can be processor intensive, particularly if
you have a lot of content being formatted. If you choose to use this
function you may want to consider `caching <../general/caching>` your
pages.
nl2br_except_pre()
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.. php:function:: nl2br_except_pre($str)
:param string $str: Input string
:returns: string
Converts newlines to
tags unless they appear within
tags. This function is identical to the native PHP ``nl2br()`` function, except that it ignorestags. Usage example:: $string = nl2br_except_pre($string); entity_decode() =============== .. php:function:: entity_decode($str, $charset = NULL) :param string $str: Input string :param string $charset: Character set :returns: string This function is an alias for ``CI_Security::entity_decode()``. Fore more info, please see the :doc:`Security Library <../libraries/security>` documentation.