$sanitizer->markupToLine() method

Convert a string containing markup or entities to be a single line of plain text

This is the same as the [$sanitizer->markupToText()](/api/ref/sanitizer/markup-to-$sanitizer->markupToText()/) method except that the return value is always just a single line.

Usage

// basic usage
$string = $sanitizer->markupToLine(string $value);

// usage with all arguments
$string = $sanitizer->markupToLine(string $value, array $options = []);

Arguments

NameType(s)Description
valuestring

Value to convert

options (optional)array

Options to modify default behavior:

  • newline (string): Character(s) to replace newlines with (default=" ").
  • separator (string): Character(s) to separate HTML
  • items with (default=", ").
  • entities (bool): Entity encode returned value? (default=false).
  • trim (string): Character(s) to trim from beginning and end of value (default=" -,:;|\n\t").

Return value

string

Converted string of text on a single line


$sanitizer methods and properties

API reference based on ProcessWire core version 3.0.244

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