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The DOMDocumentFragment class

Class synopsis

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

class DOMDocumentFragment extends DOMNode implements DOMParentNode {
/* Inherited constants */
public const int DOMNode::DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED = 0x1;
public const int DOMNode::DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING = 0x2;
public const int DOMNode::DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING = 0x4;
public const int DOMNode::DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS = 0x8;
public const int DOMNode::DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY = 0x10;
public const int DOMNode::DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC = 0x20;
/* Properties */
public readonly ?DOMElement $firstElementChild;
public readonly ?DOMElement $lastElementChild;
public readonly int $childElementCount;
/* 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;
public string $textContent;
/* Methods */
public __construct()
public append(DOMNode|string ...$nodes): void
public appendXML(string $data): bool
public prepend(DOMNode|string ...$nodes): void
public replaceChildren(DOMNode|string ...$nodes): void
/* 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

childElementCount

The number of child elements.

firstElementChild

First child element or null.

lastElementChild

Last child element or null.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 The firstElementChild, lastElementChild, and childElementCount properties have been added.
8.0.0 DOMDocumentFragment implements DOMParentNode now.

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