Get rid of the space in CDATA

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Hori76 Reply #1, 17 years, 5 months ago

Hi,

I’m writing an xml-file for a Flash-site, but in the CDATA of the xml-file there’s always a space before the content, which also shows in the Flash-file.

I have this chunk(pagetext):

<pageText><![CDATA[ [+content+] ]]></pageText>

It’s a template for a Ditto call, but when I delete the spaces before and after [+content+], the Ditto call doesn’t work anymore:

[!Ditto? &parents=`25` &tpl=`pagetext` &sortDir=`ASC`!]

If I keep the spaces before and after [+content+], the Ditto call works, but it shows a space in my xml and Flash.

Is there a way to remove those spaces?

Thanks in advance!

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opengeek Reply #2, 17 years, 5 months ago

You can also try using a phX custom modifier to wrap the value in CDATA tags as it is processed, which should avoid the whole conflict.

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Hori76 Reply #3, 17 years, 5 months ago

Hi,

phx seems to be the fastest and most efficient solution, but I’m new to modx so I don’t really know how to implement this.

Do you have a reference or can you give me an example?

thanks!

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Hori76 Reply #4, 17 years, 5 months ago

Great! I wrote a phx custom modifier and it works!

snippet phx:cdata

<?php
if (!function_exists('cdata')){
function cdata($inhoud){
$before='<![CDATA[';
$after=']]>';
return $before.$inhoud.$after;}
}
return cdata($output);
?>

usage: [+content:cdata+]

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