Asserting text when element contains duplicate spaces and vertical whitespace

[ziadoz]

I've noticed a problem when asserting the text of an element that contains duplicate spaces and vertical whitespace:

<div>
    <p class="foobar">
        Foo
        <span>Bar</span>
    </p>
</div>

$this->assertElementExists('p.foobar', fn ($el) => $el->has('text', 'Foo Bar'));

The assertion fails because the normalised text is:

Foo
    Bar

I started adjusting Normalize::text() to replace the offending characters, but it felt like the wrong approach.

I wondered if allowing the user to supply a function to use for comparison could be a potential solution?

[sinnbeck]

Hmm yeah I can see that indeed can be tricky. Normalizing might be necessary, but the expected output can be tricky (as it can be hard to predict). Currently I cannot come up with a cleaner solution that normalizing it from line breaks and excessive indents, but if you or anyone else have a cleaner idea, I am all ears :)

[sinnbeck]

I have released a new version with the fix :)