function feed_end_element ($p, $el) {
		$el = strtolower($el);

		if ( $el == 'item' or $el == 'entry' )
		{
			$this->items[] = $this->current_item;
			$this->current_item = array();
			$this->initem = false;
		}
		elseif ($this->feed_type == RSS and $this->current_namespace == '' and $el == 'textinput' )
		{
			$this->intextinput = false;
		}
		elseif ($this->feed_type == RSS and $this->current_namespace == '' and $el == 'image' )
		{
			$this->inimage = false;
		}
		elseif ($this->feed_type == ATOM and in_array($el, $this->_CONTENT_CONSTRUCTS) )
		{
			$this->incontent = false;
		}
		elseif ($el == 'channel' or $el == 'feed' )
		{
			$this->inchannel = false;
		}
		elseif ($this->feed_type == ATOM and $this->incontent  ) {
			// balance tags properly
			// note: This may not actually be necessary
			if ( $this->stack[0] == $el )
			{
				$this->append_content("</$el>");
			}
			else {
				$this->append_content("<$el />");
			}

			array_shift( $this->stack );
		}
		else {
			array_shift( $this->stack );
		}

		$this->current_namespace = false;
	}