Remove empty XML tags with PHP but ignore tags with attributes

Question

I know its possible to remove empty XML tags using XPath (as seen here - Remove empty tags from a XML with PHP)

$xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);

foreach( $xpath->query('//*[not(node())]') as $node ) {
    $node->parentNode->removeChild($node);
}

$doc->formatOutput = true;
echo $doc->savexml();

but is it possible to use a similar method to still remove empty tags but keep ones that have attributes?

e.g.

<range starts_at="2012-11-22" ends_at="2012-11-26"></range>

paul trmbrth · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-05 07:42:06Z

3

Try with this XPath

'//*[not(node()) and not(@*)]'

answered Aug 5, 2013 at 7:42

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Florian Ajir Over a year ago

Do you know how include nodes with just void attributes too ?

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