Need help with scripting mass file edits.. Post: 302132010

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tidy.errorbuffer

TIDY.ERRORBUFFER(3)							 1						       TIDY.ERRORBUFFER(3)

tidy::$errorBuffer - Return warnings and errors which occurred parsing the specified document

       Object oriented style (property):

SYNOPSIS

       string$tidy->errorBuffer ()

DESCRIPTION

       Procedural style:
       string tidy_get_error_buffer (tidy  $tidy)

	Returns warnings and errors which occurred parsing the specified document.

PARAMETERS

	      o $tidy
		- The Tidy object.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns the error buffer as a string.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      tidy_get_error_buffer(3) example

	      <?php
	      $html = '<p>paragraph</p>';

	      $tidy = tidy_parse_string($html);

	      echo tidy_get_error_buffer($tidy);
	      /* or in OO: */
	      echo $tidy->errorBuffer;
	      ?>

	      The above example will output:

	      line 1 column 1 - Warning: missing <!DOCTYPE> declaration
	      line 1 column 1 - Warning: inserting missing 'title' element

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tidy_access_count(3), tidy_error_count(3), tidy_warning_count(3).
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