/**
* Check and return the Id of an Identifable Element
*
* @param Identifiable $element Identifable element
* @return string
*/
public static function check(Identifiable $element)
{
$elementId = $element->getId();
if (!$elementId) {
$element->setId(new static());
return $element->getId();
}
$dangerousCharacters = array(' ', '|', PHP_EOL);
$danger = false;
foreach ($dangerousCharacters as $dangerousCharacter) {
if (stripos($elementId, $dangerousCharacter) !== false) {
$danger = true;
break;
}
}
if ($danger) {
trigger_error("Don't use special characters in IDs, they might cause problems! Stripping them for you...");
$elementId = str_ireplace($dangerousCharacters, '', $elementId);
$element->setId($elementId);
}
return $element->getId();
}
/**
* Get the escaped Id of the given Element
*
* @param Identifiable $element Element
* @return string
*/
public static function getId(Identifiable $element)
{
return static::escapeText($element->getId(), false);
}