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The Dom\DocumentFragment class

Introduction

(PHP 8 >= 8.4.0)

This represents a document fragment, which can be used as a container for other nodes.

This is the modern, spec-compliant equivalent of DOMDocumentFragment.

Class synopsis

class Dom\DocumentFragment extends Dom\Node implements Dom\ParentNode {
/* Inherited constants */
public const int Dom\Node::DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED = 0x1;
public const int Dom\Node::DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING = 0x2;
public const int Dom\Node::DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING = 0x4;
public const int Dom\Node::DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS = 0x8;
public const int Dom\Node::DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY = 0x10;
public const int Dom\Node::DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC = 0x20;
/* Properties */
public readonly ?Dom\Element $firstElementChild;
public readonly ?Dom\Element $lastElementChild;
public readonly int $childElementCount;
/* Inherited properties */
public readonly int $nodeType;
public readonly string $nodeName;
public readonly string $baseURI;
public readonly bool $isConnected;
public readonly ?Dom\Document $ownerDocument;
public readonly ?Dom\Node $parentNode;
public readonly ?Dom\Element $parentElement;
public readonly Dom\NodeList $childNodes;
public readonly ?Dom\Node $firstChild;
public readonly ?Dom\Node $lastChild;
public readonly ?Dom\Node $previousSibling;
public readonly ?Dom\Node $nextSibling;
public ?string $nodeValue;
public ?string $textContent;
/* Methods */
/* Not documented yet */
/* Inherited methods */
/* Not documented yet */
}

Properties

firstElementChild

First child element or null.

lastElementChild

Last child element or null.

childElementCount

The number of child elements.

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https://www.php.net/manual/en/class.dom-documentfragment.php