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The DOMCharacterData class

Introduction

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Represents nodes with character data. No nodes directly correspond to this class, but other nodes do inherit from it.

Class synopsis

class DOMCharacterData extends DOMNode implements DOMChildNode {
/* Inherited constants */
/* Properties */
public string $data;
public readonly int $length;
public readonly ?DOMElement $nextElementSibling;
/* Inherited properties */
public readonly string $nodeName;
public ?string $nodeValue;
public readonly int $nodeType;
public readonly ?DOMNode $parentNode;
public readonly ?DOMElement $parentElement;
public readonly DOMNodeList $childNodes;
public readonly ?DOMNode $firstChild;
public readonly ?DOMNode $lastChild;
public readonly ?DOMNode $previousSibling;
public readonly ?DOMNode $nextSibling;
public readonly ?DOMNamedNodeMap $attributes;
public readonly bool $isConnected;
public readonly ?DOMDocument $ownerDocument;
public readonly ?string $namespaceURI;
public string $prefix;
public readonly ?string $localName;
public readonly ?string $baseURI;
/* Methods */
public after(DOMNode|string ...$nodes): void
public appendData(string $data): true
public before(DOMNode|string ...$nodes): void
public deleteData(int $offset, int $count): bool
public insertData(int $offset, string $data): bool
public remove(): void
public replaceData(int $offset, int $count, string $data): bool
public replaceWith(DOMNode|string ...$nodes): void
public substringData(int $offset, int $count): string|false
/* Inherited methods */
public DOMNode::appendChild(DOMNode $node): DOMNode|false
public DOMNode::C14N(
 bool $exclusive = false,
 bool $withComments = false,
 ?array $xpath = null,
 ?array $nsPrefixes = null
): string|false
public DOMNode::C14NFile(
 string $uri,
 bool $exclusive = false,
 bool $withComments = false,
 ?array $xpath = null,
 ?array $nsPrefixes = null
): int|false
public DOMNode::cloneNode(bool $deep = false): DOMNode|false
public DOMNode::compareDocumentPosition(DOMNode $other): int
public DOMNode::contains(DOMNode|DOMNameSpaceNode|null $other): bool
public DOMNode::getLineNo(): int
public DOMNode::getNodePath(): ?string
public DOMNode::getRootNode(?array $options = null): DOMNode
public DOMNode::hasAttributes(): bool
public DOMNode::hasChildNodes(): bool
public DOMNode::insertBefore(DOMNode $node, ?DOMNode $child = null): DOMNode|false
public DOMNode::isDefaultNamespace(string $namespace): bool
public DOMNode::isEqualNode(?DOMNode $otherNode): bool
public DOMNode::isSameNode(DOMNode $otherNode): bool
public DOMNode::isSupported(string $feature, string $version): bool
public DOMNode::lookupNamespaceURI(?string $prefix): ?string
public DOMNode::lookupPrefix(string $namespace): ?string
public DOMNode::normalize(): void
public DOMNode::removeChild(DOMNode $child): DOMNode|false
public DOMNode::replaceChild(DOMNode $node, DOMNode $child): DOMNode|false
public DOMNode::__sleep(): array
public DOMNode::__wakeup(): void
}

Properties

data

The contents of the node.

length

The length of the contents.

nextElementSibling

The next sibling element or null.

previousElementSibling

The previous sibling element or null.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 The nextElementSibling and previousElementSibling properties have been added.
8.0.0 DOMCharacterData implements DOMChildNode now.

See Also

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