position example

    protected function decodeCharacterReference($inAttribute = false)
    {
        // Next char after &.         $tok = $this->scanner->next();
        $start = $this->scanner->position();

        if (false === $tok) {
            return '&';
        }

        // These indicate not an entity. We return just         // the &.         if ("\t" === $tok || "\n" === $tok || "\f" === $tok || ' ' === $tok || '&' === $tok || '<' === $tok) {
            // $this->scanner->next();             return '&';
        }