How to keep my non-breaking spaces with HTML Tidy (PHP)?

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I've just noticed that tidy_repair_string() is removing my non-breaking spaces from empty elements causing my table to collapse. Basically I've put in:

<td> </td>

and HTML Tidy is stripping them out to:

<td> </td>

which may or may not be some Unicode break but either way it's collapsing. The only   related option I've seen is 'quote-nbsp' but that doesn't seem to be it. I think it defaults to on anyway.

How do I keep my non-breaking spaces?

Does it replace the for the representing character or just for a normal space? — Gumbo, Jan 15 '09 at 12:33

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 15 '09 at 07:37

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Apply this style, then you do not need to put content in the "empty" cells:

td { empty-cells: show; }

answered Jan 15 '09 at 07:37

Sparr

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If i remember correctly, you're supposed to put that on the table, not the cell. – Kris Jan 15 '09 at 15:27
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/tables.html#empty-cells Applies to table-cell elements. You typically see it applied to a row or table and inheritance takes care of the rest, but it can be applied to single cells (or, more commonly, to styles applied to single cells). – Sparr Jan 15 '09 at 22:00
Learned something new today. :) – Jacco Dec 24 '09 at 10:44

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 15 '09 at 07:32

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use the "bare" config option.

more information and an explanation available here: http://osdir.com/ml/web.html-tidy.user/2004-07/msg00005.html

answered Jan 15 '09 at 07:32

sjstrutt

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 18 '09 at 13:40

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You could try the following:

$myString = str_replace(" ", "  ", $someText);

edited Jan 18 '09 at 13:40

nickf

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answered Jan 15 '09 at 06:21

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How to keep my non-breaking spaces with HTML Tidy (PHP)?

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