public function startTag($tag, $attributes = false, $output_empty = false)
{
$stackelem = array();
if (!$output_empty) {
$stackelem['tag'] = $tag;
$stackelem['attributes'] = $attributes;
$stackelem['sent'] = false;
$this->_stack[] = $stackelem;
} else {
/* Flush the stack if we want to force empty tags */
$this->_outputStack();
$this->_startTag($tag, $attributes, $output_empty);
}
}