# tidy::repairFile

# tidy_repair_file

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PECL tidy >= 0.7.0)

tidy::repairFile -- tidy_repair_file — Repair a file and return it as a string

### Description

Object oriented style

public tidy::repairFile ( string `$filename` [, mixed `$config` [, string `$encoding` [, bool `$use_include_path` = `FALSE` ]]] ) : string

Procedural style

tidy_repair_file ( string `$filename` [, mixed `$config` [, string `$encoding` [, bool `$use_include_path` = `FALSE` ]]] ) : string

Repairs the given file and returns it as a string.

### Parameters

`filename`

  The file to be repaired.

`config`

  The config `config` can be passed either as an array or as a string. If a string is passed, it is interpreted as the name of the configuration file, otherwise, it is interpreted as the options themselves.

  Check http://tidy.sourceforge.net/docs/quickref.html for an explanation about each option.

`encoding`

  The `encoding` parameter sets the encoding for input/output documents. The possible values for encoding are: `ascii`, `latin0`, `latin1`, `raw`, `utf8`, `iso2022`, `mac`, `win1252`, `ibm858`, `utf16`, `utf16le`, `utf16be`, `big5`, and `shiftjis`.

`use_include_path`

  Search for the file in the include_path.

### Return Values

Returns the repaired contents as a string.

### Examples

Example #1 tidy::repairFile() example

`<?php
$file = 'file.html';
$tidy = new tidy();
$repaired = $tidy->repairfile($file);
rename($file, $file . '.bak');
file_put_contents($file, $repaired);
?>`

### See Also

- tidy::parseFile() - Parse markup in file or URI
- tidy::parseString() - Parse a document stored in a string
- tidy::repairString() - Repair a string using an optionally provided configuration file