PHP Tidy causing headaches

scrupul0us

I'm using PHP 5.3.3

At the top of my page I am calling:

ob_start('ob_tidyhandler');

In php.ini:
tidy.default_config = /etc/php.tidy.default.tcfg
tidy.clean_output = 0

In php.tidy.default.tcfg:
indent: true
char-encoding: utf8
wrap: 250
clean: false
output-xhtml: true
show-warnings: true
show-errors: true

checking the running config:

[root@server2 html]# php -i | grep tidy
...
/etc/php.d/tidy.ini,
tidy
Extension Version => 2.0 ($Id: tidy.c 296107 2010-03-12 10:28:59Z jani $)
tidy.clean_output => 0 => 0
tidy.default_config => /etc/php.tidy.default.tcfg => /etc/php.tidy.default.tcfg

The page I am working with is purely build with the bootstrap UI

Whenever i have ob_start('ob_tidyhandler'); "enabled" it basically kills the page

All empty elements and self closing elements are removed.

I'm outputting XHTML via the config file for Tidy but I don't think it's actually working as intended.

My goal here is simply to have neatly indented code and nothing more.

Can anyone shed some light?

bradgrafelman

(Prefacing this post with a friendly warning: I admit I don't have a solution to the problem.)

scrupul0us;11024327 wrote:
My goal here is simply to have neatly indented code and nothing more.

Why? Why waste your CPU time, your bandwidth, and the client's bandwidth... all to "pretty up" something that no human ever needs to see (and that no computer cares nor is aided by "tidy" output).

Simple example: head on over to Google and take a look at how much effort they've put into having "neatly indented code." :p

scrupul0us

You make very good points, BUT for the purposes of development, needing to read my code is a must and helps me work efficiently.

Obviously coding cleanly would solve that, BUT, I'm not the only cook in the kitchen so I was hoping Tidy could aid me.

Production would not have Tidy enabled for the aforementioned reasons above =)