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WP_HTML_Tag_Processor::is_tag_closer()

WP_HTML_Tag_Processor::is_tag_closer(): bool

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Indicates if the current tag token is a tag closer.

Description

Example:

$p = new WP_HTML_Tag_Processor( '<div></div>' );
$p->next_tag( array( 'tag_name' => 'div', 'tag_closers' => 'visit' ) );
$p->is_tag_closer() === false;

$p->next_tag( array( 'tag_name' => 'div', 'tag_closers' => 'visit' ) );
$p->is_tag_closer() === true;

Return

bool Whether the current tag is a tag closer.

Source

public function is_tag_closer(): bool {
	return (
		self::STATE_MATCHED_TAG === $this->parser_state &&
		$this->is_closing_tag &&

		/*
		 * The BR tag can only exist as an opening tag. If something like `</br>`
		 * appears then the HTML parser will treat it as an opening tag with no
		 * attributes. The BR tag is unique in this way.
		 *
		 * @see https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#parsing-main-inbody
		 */
		'BR' !== $this->get_tag()
	);
}

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UsesDescription
WP_HTML_Tag_Processor::get_tag()wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php

Returns the uppercase name of the matched tag.

Used byDescription
WP_HTML_Processor::is_tag_closer()wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php

Indicates if the current tag token is a tag closer.

Changelog

VersionDescription
6.7.0Reports all BR tags as opening tags.
6.2.0Introduced.

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