<?php
$html = '<body><p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Not empty :)</p>
</body>';
$dom = new DomDocument();
$dom->loadhtml($html);
$xpath = new DomXPath($dom);
$col = $xpath->query("//p[text()=\"\xC2\xA0\"]"); #
foreach($col as $e) {
$e->parentNode->removeChild($e);
}
echo $dom->saveXML($dom->getElementsByTagName('body')->item(0));