PHP XMLWriter skip empty tags

Question

$xmlF->writeElement($fieldName, $fieldVal);

Currently, when $fieldVal is empty, above will output:

<FieldName/>

Is it possible to skip element entirely (other than with if's) when its value is empty?

Answer 1

You can create condition for that:

if (!empty($fieldVal)) {
    $xmlF->writeElement($fieldName, $fieldVal);
}