From 70f03e7d88d55acbc30c9a6e75b248aabeb0802e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joby Elliott <elhober@unm.edu>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 11:13:08 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] adding option to hide tags fully

---
 src/TagInterface.php |  1 +
 src/TagTrait.php     | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/TagInterface.php b/src/TagInterface.php
index b52867d..3643634 100644
--- a/src/TagInterface.php
+++ b/src/TagInterface.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ interface TagInterface
     public function hasClass(string $name) : bool;
     public function removeClass(string $name);
     public function classes() : array;
+    public function hidden($hidden=null);
 
     public function string() : string;
 
diff --git a/src/TagTrait.php b/src/TagTrait.php
index 430bf14..e651898 100644
--- a/src/TagTrait.php
+++ b/src/TagTrait.php
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ trait TagTrait
 
     protected $classes = [];
     protected $attributes = [];
+    protected $hidden = false;
+
+    public function hidden($hidden=null)
+    {
+        if ($hidden !== null) {
+            $this->hidden = $hidden;
+        }
+        return $this->hidden;
+    }
 
     protected function htmlContent()
     {
@@ -79,6 +88,11 @@ trait TagTrait
 
     public function string() : string
     {
+        //output empty string if hidden
+        if ($this->hidden()) {
+            return '';
+        }
+        //build output
         $out = '';
         //build opening tag
         $out .= '<'.$this->tag;