(PHP 5, PHP 7)
Removes child from list of children
public DOMNode DOMNode::removeChild ( DOMNode $oldnode )
This functions removes a child from a list of children.
Parameters:
oldnode
The removed child.
Returns:
If the child could be removed the function returns the old child.
Exception:
Raised if this node is readonly.
Raised if oldnode
is not a child of this node.
Examples:
Removing a child
The following example will delete the chapter element of our XML document.
<?php $doc = new DOMDocument; $doc->load('book.xml'); $book = $doc->documentElement; // we retrieve the chapter and remove it from the book $chapter = $book->getElementsByTagName('chapter')->item(0); $oldchapter = $book->removeChild($chapter); echo $doc->saveXML(); ?>
The above example will output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd"> <book id="listing"> <title>My lists</title> </book>
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