--- /dev/null
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Mink package.
+ * (c) Konstantin Kudryashov <ever.zet@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Behat\Mink\Selector\Xpath;
+
+/**
+ * XPath manipulation utility.
+ *
+ * @author Graham Bates
+ * @author Christophe Coevoet <stof@notk.org>
+ */
+class Manipulator
+{
+ /**
+ * Regex to find union operators not inside brackets.
+ */
+ const UNION_PATTERN = '/\|(?![^\[]*\])/';
+
+ /**
+ * Prepends the XPath prefix to the given XPath.
+ *
+ * The returned XPath will match elements matching the XPath inside an element
+ * matching the prefix.
+ *
+ * @param string $xpath
+ * @param string $prefix
+ *
+ * @return string
+ */
+ public function prepend($xpath, $prefix)
+ {
+ $expressions = array();
+
+ // If the xpath prefix contains a union we need to wrap it in parentheses.
+ if (preg_match(self::UNION_PATTERN, $prefix)) {
+ $prefix = '('.$prefix.')';
+ }
+
+ // Split any unions into individual expressions.
+ foreach (preg_split(self::UNION_PATTERN, $xpath) as $expression) {
+ $expression = trim($expression);
+ $parenthesis = '';
+
+ // If the union is inside some braces, we need to preserve the opening braces and apply
+ // the prefix only inside it.
+ if (preg_match('/^[\(\s*]+/', $expression, $matches)) {
+ $parenthesis = $matches[0];
+ $expression = substr($expression, strlen($parenthesis));
+ }
+
+ // add prefix before element selector
+ if (0 === strpos($expression, '/')) {
+ $expression = $prefix.$expression;
+ } else {
+ $expression = $prefix.'/'.$expression;
+ }
+ $expressions[] = $parenthesis.$expression;
+ }
+
+ return implode(' | ', $expressions);
+ }
+}