You can use this in this way.
$doc = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8');
$doc->loadHTML($content); // html content
$xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);
$doc->normalizeDocument();
Note that, you can use $doc->normalizeDocument(); at any point of time.
(PHP 5, PHP 7)
DOMDocument::normalizeDocument — Normalizes the document
This method acts as if you saved and then loaded the document, putting the document in a "normal" form.
No value is returned.
You can use this in this way.
$doc = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8');
$doc->loadHTML($content); // html content
$xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);
$doc->normalizeDocument();
Note that, you can use $doc->normalizeDocument(); at any point of time.